Playing By the Rules of the Game: Women's Experiences and Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in Sport.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SEXUAL harassment in sports; CRIMES against women; SEXUAL harassment; WOMEN athletes; ATHLETES; SPORTS
    • Abstract:
      This paper explores the experiences and perceptions of sexual harassment among women athletes coached by men in the male-dominated world of elite sport. Drawing on interviews with 32 female athletes, we focus on the women's own interpretations of the behaviours they encounter, and locate their experiences of sexual harassment within the broader context of gender harassment and discrimination which shapes much of their experience in sport. We consider the possibility of challenging sexual harassment in sport by changing the terms of women's participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      Cet article explore les expériences et les perceptions liées au harcèlement sexuel, qui sévit parmi les athlètes féminines entraînées par des hommes, au sein de l'élite sportive, haut lieu du règne masculin. À partir des témoignages de 32 athlètes féminines, l'article se concentre sur les interprétations que font les femmes des comportements dont elles sont les victimes, et situe leurs expériences dans le contexte plus large de la discrimination et du harcèlement fondés sur le sexe, qui conditionnent en grande partie leur expérience du sport. L'article envisage la possibilité de remettre en question le harcèlement sexuel dans le milieu sportif en modifiant les conditions dans lesquelles les femmes pratiquent le sport. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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