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Call Us “Dykes on Spikes”Rachel Nugent

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Femininity + Homosexuality? I!"SSI#$%

• Homosexuality &as o'iginally thought o( as the 'e)e'sal o' in)e'sion o( the t&o accepte* gen

les,ians &e'e masculine

• -he i*ea o( a &oman ,eing att'acte* to anothe' &oman &ent against the accepte* social no'm

they un*e'stoo* it as a &oman exp'essing mas

• -his i*ea exten*e* into the ea'ly ./00s an* simila' thoughts exist e)en to*ay 1(o' example2 the

$es,ian” ste'e

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4omen in spo'ts? 4hy &oul* &e &ant that?

• -he (i'st "lympics &e'e hel* in 556 #C an* the'e &e'e no &omenallo&e*

• In ./002 &omen compete in the !a'is "lympics ,ut only in gol(2 tennisan* c'o7uet

• ./89: Figu'e skating is the only spo't a)aila,le to &omen in the (i'st4inte' "lympic ;ames

• ./8s "lympic ma'athon is hel*

• -he US sen*s mo'e (emale athletes than male (o' the (i'st time in"lympic histo'y in 80.8

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Some Ste'eotypes

• ;i'ls &ho play spo'ts a'e “tom,oys”

• les,ian is @ust like “one o( the guys”

• ;i'ls &ho play spo'ts a'e only inte'este* inAgoo* at spo'ts

• Female athletes a'e all gayBo' at least most o( them

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So2 &hy?

• It>s my goal to (in* out &hy these ste'eotypes exist to*ay

• Some o( my p'elimina'y 'esea'ch has lea* to ,eing a,le tosome&hat see ho& they o'iginally (o'me*2 ,ut &ith such an opemin*e* gene'ation2 it>s o** to see that these ste'eotypes a'e stso p'ominent

• !eople say that ste'eotypes exist ,ecause they>'e ,ase* in t'uth,ut a stu*y conclu*e* that the estimate* num,e' o( gay peoplespo'ts mi''o's that o( the enti'e population 1so2 ,et&een 8 an*.03

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Implications

• -he i*ea o( connecting (emale homosexuality an* (emale athlet&ith the link o( masculinity seems to ,e an attempt to say that &omen a'e success(ul in spo'ts2 it>s ,ecause they a'e mo'emasculine

• #ecause &omen can>t @ust ,e goo* at something &ithout men

• -hat &oul*n>t make any sense at all

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4hat a,out “(o'ce* (emininity”?

• So I ma*e that te'm up

• #asically2 I>m thinking o( (o'ce* (emininity as the i*ea that,ecause people think o( these &omen as masculine2 the'e is a*esi'e to t'y to (o'ce (emininity upon them th'ough the me*ia

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ost (emale athletes on the co)e's o( magaEines a'e not acti)elpa'ticipating in thei' (iel*

• -hey look mo'e like thisB

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Ho& *oes this a((ect stu*ent (emaleathletes?

• -his is the ultimate goal o( my 'esea'ch I &oul* like to see ho&stu*ent (emale athletes (eel a,out the ste'eotypes that they a'epa't o( 1a'e they o((en*e*2 amuse*2 in*i((e'ent?3 an* ho& theme*ia>s image o( p'o(essional (emale athletes can in(luence theo&n pe'sonal image o( themsel)es

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etho*s

• ;athe' statistics on p'o(essional (emale athletes

• Resea'ch mo'e tho'oughly the link ,et&een (emale homosexualispo'ts an* masculinity

• D'a& conclusions a,out &hy these ste'eotypes a'e still so p'ese

to*ay• $ook into the me*ia>s po't'ayal o( (emale athletes

• -alk to (emale stu*ent athletes a,out ho& they (eel a,out theimage that (emale athletes ha)e in the me*ia an* c'eate someso't o( p'esentation that 'ep'esents the in(o'mation they>)e gi)me

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uestions? Comments? Suggestions?

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Suggestions

• uee' people in spo'ts 1la'ge' population3

• Compa'ing small p'opo'tion o( men &ho come out &ith the (emaathletes

• It soun*s too ,'oa*2 may,e (ocus on speci(ic spo'ts like ,asket,o' &hatnot

• Ste'eotypes o( men in t'a*itionally (eminine spo'ts

• $ook at teams an* p'actices an* see i( the'e>s anything thatsuppo'ts the ste'eotypes