Abstract
It has been observed that most of female soccer players in Iranian society enact the masculinity gender role and try to be recognized as male. What happens to them with their entrance in the soccer? The aim of the present study was to answer this question by exploring the criteria and reference group in the soccer context and the way that female soccer player accept them. Eight elite female soccer players on Iran Super League 2014, 2 head soccer coaches, and one soccer coach were interviewed by a qualitative research. The results indicated that there are numerous gender-role references in the soccer which is conflict with the Iranian society’s gender-role references for women. These references divided into two categories as general gender-role references and, special gender-role references. It seems “special masculinity gender-role references” developed in soccer by their participants.
Presenters
Faezeh Zamanianfaculty member, Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Art, Iran Majid Vesalinaseh
Faculty, Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Technical and Vocational University, Tehran, Iran
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