Open AccessDon't Be Gay, Dude! How the Institution of Sport Reinforces Homophobeia
Author(s) -
Kelsey Lucyk
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
constellations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-0509
DOI - 10.29173/cons10495
Subject(s) - institution , masculinity , hegemonic masculinity , hegemony , gender studies , sociology , psychology , political science , social science , law , politics
Kelsey Lucyk analyzes how the media and the institution of sport have entrenched certain ideals about masculinity meanwhile reinforcing homophobic attitudes towards gender roles in sports. This article focusses primarily on analyzing Canadian sports and makes use of the concept of muscular Christianity to explain hegemonic masculinity as found in the Canadian institution of sport.