Honea, Joy Crissey. “Xclusion at the Winter X Games: The Marginalization of Women Athletes in Alternative Sport.” Sexual Sports Rhetoric: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations. Ed. Linda K. Fuller. New York: Peter Lang, 2010. 141-152. Print.
Summary:
In this chapter, Joy Crissey Honea
Key Terms:
- alternative sports – “participant controlled and directed, individually focused, with less emphasis on competition than traditional sport, and…are more likely than mainstream sports to encompass their own subculture” (142).
Important Quotes:
- “while most mainstream sports focus on head-to-head competition, alternative sports put more emphasis on individual achievement and aesthetic pursuits, and while the majority of mainstream sports are controlled and directed by governing bodies or other umbrella organizations, alternative sports are usually controlled and directed by the participants themselves” (143).
- “Men’s performances were more likely to be characterized as powerful, daring, and committed, while women’s were more likely to be described as graceful, clean, and smooth” (148).
- “males are the referent, and if women are accomplished at the sport, they are being ‘like guys’” (148).
- “This characterization of women as different from men in their athleticism is yet another assertion of the inherently male nature of the sport, the insinuation being that women cannot truly ride like men, so it is better that they develop their own style” (148-9).
- “Female participants were accepted as contestants so long as they did not challenge male supremacy in alternative sports” (149).
Discussion:
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