8 research outputs found
Same same, but different? Exploring the organizational identities of Swedish voluntary sports: Possible implications of sports clubsâ self-identification for their role as implementers of policy objectives
Hierarchies of criteria in NSO board-nomination processes: insights from nomination committeesâ work
âThis might be him; the guy Iâm gonna marryâ : Love and sexual relationships between female elite-athletes and male coaches
Infatuation, love and sexual relationships exist virtually anywhere. Coachâathlete sexualrelationships (CASR), however, are overlooked and under-researched. Within sport sociology, CASR have been framed predominantly by a sexual abuse discourse. Informed by Foucaultâs discourse analysis, this study explores how discourses regarding performance enhancement in elite-sport and coaching, and romantic love, frame female elite-athletesâ experiences with CASR. Interviews with four female elite-athletes aged 26â30 were conducted. The results indicate that CASR are potentially problematic because they intersect and challenge discourses comprising elite-sports, coachâathlete relationships, female sexual agency, and love. Moreover, discourses of power differ between the professional and private contexts. While the athletes expect their coaches to exert dominance and control in the elite-sport context, love relationships are about equally and mutually giving away power and control. Although CASR can facilitate motivation and performance, framing CASR as inherently unequal and abusive can contribute to stigmatisation, secrecy and athlete disempowerment