"Barbie Dolls" on the Pitch: Identity Work, Defensive Othering, and Inequality in Women's Rugby
"Barbie Dolls" on the Pitch: Identity Work, Defensive Othering, and Inequality in Women's Rugby
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DOI：
10.1525/sp.2009.56.1.111
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Ezzell, Matthew B.
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作者：
Ezzell, Matthew B.
本文分析了女性在男性定义的大学运动（橄榄球）中处理身份困境的策略。玩家通过艰难的游戏挑战被动女性的传统观念，但却遭遇了来自外部的性别歧视和同性恋歧视。他们没有抵制和拒绝这种耻辱的力量，而是参与了防御性的其他下属，使自己与其他下属保持距离，并在此过程中加强了被贬低的身份的合法性。具体来说，女性认同支配者，参与规范认同，支持支配者。他们的身份认同工作导致了一种“适合异性恋”的身份认同，最终强化了异性恋主义和性别不平等。
This paper analyzes strategies used by women in a collegiate, male-defined sport (rugby) to deal with identity dilemmas. Players challenged conventional notions of passive femininity through tough play, yet encountered sexist and homophobic stigma from outsiders. Rather than resisting and rejecting the power of this stigma, they engaged in defensive othering-subordinates distancing themselves from other subordinates and reinforcing the legitimacy of a devalued identity in the process. Specifically, the women identified with dominants, engaged in normative identification, and propped up dominants. Their identity work resulted in a "heterosexy-fit" identity that ultimately reinforced heterosexism and gender inequality.