Sport Culture and Adversity Explained: Exploring My Experience as a Woman Working in the Sport Industry
Chelsea Vernhout
Abstract:<p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the adversities women face in the sports industry through an autoethnographic style. Through practice-based research, this study explores how sports are constructed by men, for men, and how the marginalization of women, representation of women in sport leadership, mediocrity, and self-limitation practices impact women pursuing careers in the sport industry. To accomplish this objective, I reflect on how my personal experiences as an identifying woman working… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.