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Men’s Football Fandom and the Performance of Progressive and Misogynistic Masculinities in a ‘New Age’ of UK Women’s Sport
Pope, Stacey; Williams, John; Cleland, Jamie
Authors
John Williams
Jamie Cleland
Abstract
This article offers an original contribution as the first to focus empirically on men football fans’ attitudes towards women’s sport in a ‘new age’ of UK media coverage, in which women’s sport has experienced a significantly increased and more positive media profile. We draw on online survey responses from 1950 men football fans of different age groups from across the UK. Our methodological approach used techniques emerging out of the principles of grounded theory. We develop a new, three-fold, theoretical model, covering men football fans’ attitudes to women in the sports nexus and men’s performances of masculinities. Our findings show evidence of a change in attitudes towards women in sport, with men performing progressive masculinities. However, there were also signs of a backlash against advances in gender equality, with men performing overtly misogynistic masculinities and covertly misogynistic masculinities.
Citation
Pope, S., Williams, J., & Cleland, J. (2022). Men’s Football Fandom and the Performance of Progressive and Misogynistic Masculinities in a ‘New Age’ of UK Women’s Sport. Sociology, 56(4), 730-748. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211063359
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 10, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 20, 2022 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Mar 9, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 9, 2022 |
Journal | Sociology |
Print ISSN | 0038-0385 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-8684 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 56 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 730-748 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211063359 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1212029 |
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