Sport, safeguarding and transactional sex: a case study of social networks in Zambian sport

Solstad, Gerd Marie; Rhind, Daniel

doi:10.1080/17430437.2018.1445990

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“…It might be the case, as indicated in interviews with sports leaders in Zambia, that gender-based violence and harassment are perceived as broad societal issues (not specific to sports) and, therefore, they were not deemed crucial to underscore in the interviews about sports participation. Safe sport issues that affect girls and women as revealed in other African countries (Erulkar and Muthengi, 2009; Fasting et al, 2014; Shehu, 2010; Solstad and Rhind, 2018; Solstad and Strandbu, 2019) could have been addressed in this study. These issues included child marriages and gender-based violence and harassment and are important because in a recent report, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana described women in contemporary Ghanaian society as ‘overwhelmingly’ subjected to objectification and stereotyping and regarded as a marital or sexual commodity (Anyidoho et al, 2016: 37).…”

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Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers

Charway,

Strandbu

2023

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Despite numerous international and national policy documents promoting girls’ and women's empowerment and participation in community sports, the actual access to sport for women and girls is still restricted in several countries. This paper explores the situation in Ghana. Through the analytical lens of Cooky and Messner’s theory of ‘the unevenness of social change’, we analyse the cultural and structural barriers that prevent girls and women from participating in sport in Ghanaian communities. The data material is document analysis, focus groups and semi-structured interviews with male and female officials representing state-funded regional and district sports organisations as well as non-state sports organisations in Ghana. The findings reveal that cultural barriers, rooted in deep-seated cultural norms and structural hindrances that undermine gender-inclusive policies, contribute to the limited participation of girls and women in community sport. Furthermore, the interplay between these cultural and structural factors leads to gender-specific practices and fewer women in leadership positions. Based on our analyses, we suggest that structural changes (enforcing and implementing gender policies) can result in cultural changes (positive gender equality outcomes) over time.

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Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers

Charway,

Strandbu

2023

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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“…Sport as an arena for sexual harassment has been receiving increasing attention among researchers since the mid-1990s. Research has focused on a range of topics, including the prevalence (Bjørnseth and Szabo 2018;Fasting et al 2000Johansson 2017;Ohlert et al 2021;Parent et al 2016;Hartill et al 2021), consequences for athlete-victims (Fasting et al 2002;Parent and Fortier 2018), athletes' coping strategies and responses (Fasting et al 2002) and preventive measures (Brackenridge and Rhind 2014;Solstad 2019a). Various aspects of coach-athlete relationships have received particular attention (Fasting et al 2018;Johansson 2017;Nielsen 2001;Stefansen et al 2019).…”

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Sexual Harassment or Just Coaching? Sport Students Making Sense of Possibly Sexualising Coach Behaviours

Strandbu

Solstad²,

Stefansen³

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Research has shown that athletes are divided in their assessment of possibly sexualising behaviours from coaches towards athletes. How they arrive at their conclusions has received less attention—yet it is crucial to understand as a basis for safeguarding measures. Using video-elicitation focus group interviews with sport students, we zoomed in on different types of ‘grey area’ situations involving coaches and athletes. We drew on social script theory to highlight the cultural tools sport students use to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable coaching behaviours. Our analyses showed that the students drew on two types of scripts in their interpretative work: (1) sport scripts, denoting templates for ‘normal’ coach–athlete interactions (typically with a performance and/or caring rationale), and (2) sexual harassment scripts, encompassing beliefs and expectations of how sexual transgressions play out and among whom. We discuss how the students evaluated concrete grey area situations by comparing and contrasting them with both scripts. In these assessments, the students relied on cues and clues from the portrayed interactions, including the gender of the coach and athlete and knowledge about the specific sport setting. Our analyses demonstrate how views about sexual harassment in sport relate to the specificities of the sport setting and the gendered social dynamics in the situation.

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Reporting abuse in sport: a question of power?

Solstad

2019

European Journal for Sport and Society

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Sport, safeguarding and transactional sex: a case study of social networks in Zambian sport

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers

Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers

Sexual Harassment or Just Coaching? Sport Students Making Sense of Possibly Sexualising Coach Behaviours

Reporting abuse in sport: a question of power?

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