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It’s just not acceptable any more’: The erosion of homophobia and the softening of masculinity at an English sixth form (2010)
Journal Article
McCormack, M., & Anderson, E. (2010). It’s just not acceptable any more’: The erosion of homophobia and the softening of masculinity at an English sixth form. Sociology, 44(5), 843-859. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038510375734

This ethnographic research interrogates the relationship between sexuality, gender and homophobia and how they impact on 16- to 18-year-old boys in a coeducational sixth form in the south of England. Framing our research with inclusive masculinity th... Read More about It’s just not acceptable any more’: The erosion of homophobia and the softening of masculinity at an English sixth form.

Establishing and challenging masculinity: The influence of gendered discourses in organized sport (2010)
Journal Article
Adams, A., Anderson, E., & McCormack, M. (2010). Establishing and challenging masculinity: The influence of gendered discourses in organized sport. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 29(3), 278-300. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927x10368833

This study examined how coaches and players constructed and regulated masculinity in organized sport. Using participant observation, the authors examined the role of discourses in the construction and regulation of sporting masculinity within a semip... Read More about Establishing and challenging masculinity: The influence of gendered discourses in organized sport.

Intersectionality, critical race theory and American sporting oppression: Examining black and gay male athletes (2010)
Journal Article
Anderson, E., & McCormack, M. (2010). Intersectionality, critical race theory and American sporting oppression: Examining black and gay male athletes. Journal of Homosexuality, 57(8), 949-967. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2010.503502

This article examines the influence of the racial categories of White and Black and the sexual categories of gay and straight on sporting American men. The effect of the intersection of these cultural categories is discussed by investigating the excl... Read More about Intersectionality, critical race theory and American sporting oppression: Examining black and gay male athletes.