scholarly journals The Powers of Testosterone: Obscuring Race and Regional Bias in the Regulation of Women Athletes

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Karkazis ◽  
Rebecca M. Jordan-Young
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Regional Bias

Fighting words: a corpus analysis of gender representations in sports reportage

Corpora ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura L. Aull ◽  
David West Brown
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Gender Representations ◽  
Sports Media

In this study, we explore linguistic constructions of gender in US sports reportage concerning two related basketball altercations: the Pacers–Pistons NBA fight in 2004 and the Shock–Sparks WNBA fight in 2008. We use a combined corpus and qualitative textual analysis to investigate coverage from the days immediately following the fights and to compare that coverage to sports reportage more generally. Our analysis reveals key differences in narrative focus; for example, that NBA coverage is most interested in blame assignation in the isolated event, while WNBA coverage concerns gender and the league writ large. Such patterns, which are realised linguistically in both explicit and implicit ways, contribute to the ‘othering’ of women and women athletes in the increasingly important sports-media-commercial complex.

The Powers of Testosterone: Obscuring Race and Regional Bias in the Regulation of Women Athletes

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2019) ◽  
pp. 83-120
Author(s):  
Katrina Karkazis ◽  
Rebecca M. Jordan-Young
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
The Body ◽  
Feminist Studies ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Cultural Symbol ◽  
Western Modernity ◽  
Fair Competition

Using strategies from critical race studies and feminist studies of science, medicine, and the body, we examine the covert operation of race and region in a regulation restricting the natural levels of testosterone in women athletes. Sport organizations claim the rule promotes fair competition and benefits the health of women athletes. Intersectional and postcolonial analyses have shown that "gender challenges" of specific women athletes engage racialized judgments about sex atypicality that emerged in the context of Western colonialism and are at the heart of Western modernity. Here, we introduce the concept of "T talk" to refer to the web of direct claims and indirect associations that circulate around testosterone as a material substance and a multivalent cultural symbol. In the case we discuss, T talk naturalizes the idea of sport as a masculine domain while deflecting attention from the racial politics of intrasex competition. Using regulation documents, scientific publications, media coverage, in-depth interviews, and sport officials’ public presentations, we show how this supposedly neutral and scientific regulation targets women of color from the Global South. Contrary to claims that the rule is beneficent, both racialization and medically-authorized harms are inherent to the regulation.

‘Who unlocked the kitchen?’: Online misogyny, YouTube comments and women's professional street skateboarding

2021 ◽  
pp. 101269022110215
Author(s):  
Brigid McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gendered Language ◽  
Barriers To Participation ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Gender Boundaries ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Online Misogyny

Abuse and harassment of sportswomen has become a global issue. And while the sportification of skateboarding has increased professional opportunities and media visibility for women athletes, it has also resulted in misogyny and gendered abuse on online platforms where competition coverage is posted. This study examines comments that collectively target competitors in YouTube streams of major professional women’s street skating competitions. Examined through the lens of ‘virtual manhood acts’, it demonstrates how gender boundaries of skateboarding are policed online through masculine acts such as gendered language, comparison, sexualisation and stigmatisation of non-normative femininities. In undertaking these virtual manhood acts, perpetrators delegitimise women skaters collectively and engage in strategies that elevate male membership in both the sport and fandom. The pervasive presence of abuse and misogyny highlights a need for further sport-specific research into behaviours which may impact athletes’ emotional and mental well-being, and create further barriers to participation, particularly in male-dominated sports cultures.

scholarly journals Mortality of Japanese Olympic athletes in 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e000896
Author(s):  
Taro Takeuchi ◽  
Yuri Kitamura ◽  
Soya Ishizuka ◽  
Sachiko Yamada ◽  
Hiroshi Aono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Japanese Population ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Handgrip Strength ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
Smoking History ◽  
Male Athletes

ObjectivesTo compare the mortality of Japanese athletes in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games with that of the Japanese population, and to elucidate factors associated with their mortality.MethodsWe obtained from the Japan Sport Association study subjects’ biographical information, information on lifestyles and medical data. Missing data were obtained from online databases. Standardised mortality ratio (SMR) was calculated to compare athletes’ mortality with the Japanese population. Cox proportional hazards model was applied to estimate the HR for each category of body mass index (BMI), smoking history and handgrip strength. This analysis was limited to male athletes due to the small number of female athletes.ResultsAmong 342 (283 men, 59 women) athletes, deaths were confirmed for 70 (64 men, 6 women) athletes between September 1964 and December 2017. Total person years was 15 974.8, and the SMR was 0.64 (95% CI 0.50 to 0.81). Multivariate analysis performed on 181 male athletes. Mortality was significantly higher for BMI≥25 kg/m2 than for 21–23 kg/m2 (HR: 3.03, 95% CI 1.01 to 9.07). We found no statistically significant associations between smoking history and mortality; the HR (95% CI) for occasional and daily smokers were 0.82 (0.26 to 2.57) and 1.30 (0.55 to 3.03) compared with never smokers. We also found no statistically significant associations between handgrip strength and mortality (P for trend: 0.51).ConclusionJapanese athletes in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games lived longer than the Japanese population. BMI≥25 kg/m2 was associated with higher mortality, but smoking history and handgrip strength were not associated with mortality.

Enhanced cardiovascular hemodynamics in endurance-trained postmenopausal women athletes

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVE D. McCOLE ◽  
MICHAEL D. BROWN ◽  
GEOFFREY E. MOORE ◽  
JOSEPH M. ZMUDA ◽  
JEFFREY D. CWYNAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Women Athletes ◽  
Cardiovascular Hemodynamics

Regional bias in birth defect prevalence rates for Arkansas: Influence of incomplete ascertainment along surveillance system borders

Teratology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 66 (S1) ◽  
pp. S36-S40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget S. Mosley ◽  
Caroline J. Simmons ◽  
Mario A. Cleves ◽  
Charlotte A. Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Birth Defect ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Regional Bias
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document