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0000-0001-6109-4547
Current Organisation
Teesside University
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-01-2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 21-04-2021
DOI: 10.1177/21674795211005838
Abstract: This article is based on the views of 2,663 association football fans, collected via an online survey from March 2020 to April 2020, regarding the presence of homosexually-themed language at men’s professional football matches across the United Kingdom. The results indicate that whilst 95% would support a gay player at their club, 41% have heard language they interpret as malicious or toxic, while 37% believe it is not intentionally hostile and ascribe it as playful and humorous banter. The article subsequently addresses what appears to be a paradox: football fans challenge popular accusations that they are homophobic but also recognize the presence of homosexually-themed language that emphasizes heteronormativity, irrespective of how it is interpreted by other fans.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-02-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-06-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-02-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 13-11-2021
DOI: 10.1177/01937235211055505
Abstract: This article presents the responses of 1,432 male association football fans, collected via an online survey from March 2020 to April 2020, regarding their views on sexuality in women's football in the United Kingdom. The analysis focuses on two broad themes that emerged from the data: (1) the association of women footballers with masculinity and how they subsequently transgress the traditional characteristics of femininity and (2) a reduced stigma surrounding sexuality in women's football given its lower profile in terms of coverage and the smaller number of fans in comparison to men's football. The article concludes by outlining how there is less homonegativity concerning sexuality in women's football in the United Kingdom, primarily because the heteromasculine position of male fans is not challenged, but fans also reaffirm the stereotypes and myths of nonheterosexual women playing a sport like football.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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