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ERIC Number: EJ853525
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Aug
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-6297
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The Lesbian Stigma in the Sport Context: Implications for Women of Every Sexual Orientation
Sartore, Melanie L.; Cunningham, George B.
Quest, v61 n3 p289-305 Aug 2009
The lesbian label exists within sport's heterosexist and heteronormative context as a means to subvert women's status, power, influence, and experiences. As such, there exists a lesbian stigma that contributes to sport's documented gender disparities. While acknowledged that some women may manage their gender and sexual identities to evade prejudice and discrimination related to this stigma, research has yet to fully address the full breadth of the stigma and its potential consequences. The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrative model that identifies specific components of the lesbian stigma and its potential consequences as they pertain to women in sport. Further, as a great deal of previous literature has focused on the lesbian woman, an additional purpose of this paper is to extend the literature to women of all sexual orientations. The authors present implications for the proposed model and offer avenues for future inquiry. (Contains 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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