TY - JOUR
T1 - From hegemonic to inclusive masculinities in English professional football
T2 - Marking a cultural shift
AU - Magrath, Rory
AU - Gaston, Lindsey
AU - Anderson, Eric
PY - 2017/10/30
Y1 - 2017/10/30
N2 - In this article, we conduct a generational study of measuring progress towards the inclusion of homosexuality in professional sport. We accomplish this by interviewing an openly gay football player, Anton Hysén, in the year 2017, using the precise same questions about the relationship between his homosexuality and sport that were asked of the first openly gay professional footballer in 1992, Justin Fashanu. We thus measure difference in attitude according to the 25 years that have elapsed between the interviews. Our results emphasize two themes: First, the near-total acceptance of being gay within professional football today, compared to 25 years ago; and second, the social praise that is levied upon today’s openly gay sportsmen, compared to the social stigma placed upon Fashanu.
AB - In this article, we conduct a generational study of measuring progress towards the inclusion of homosexuality in professional sport. We accomplish this by interviewing an openly gay football player, Anton Hysén, in the year 2017, using the precise same questions about the relationship between his homosexuality and sport that were asked of the first openly gay professional footballer in 1992, Justin Fashanu. We thus measure difference in attitude according to the 25 years that have elapsed between the interviews. Our results emphasize two themes: First, the near-total acceptance of being gay within professional football today, compared to 25 years ago; and second, the social praise that is levied upon today’s openly gay sportsmen, compared to the social stigma placed upon Fashanu.
U2 - 10.1080/09589236.2017.1394278
DO - 10.1080/09589236.2017.1394278
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 301
EP - 312
JO - Journal of Gender Studies
JF - Journal of Gender Studies
SN - 0958-9236
IS - 3
ER -