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Refuting gender essentialism about women in sport coaching

In: Research Handbook on Gender and Diversity in Sport Management

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  • Nicole M. LaVoi
  • Anna Goorevich

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Although rampant in sporting contexts globally, essentialist ideologies about gender and sport, women and girls’ sport participation, and women in sport coaching and leadership are widely acknowledged as barriers to gender equity. The purpose of this chapter is to use a critical lens to identify and refute common streams of discourse based on gender essentialism about women in sport coaching. We define gender essentialism and argue why it is harmful to women in sport organizational cultures and disadvantages women. Through the use of scholarly literature and empirical data, this chapter forwards the conversation by identifying common essentialist arguments that are currently part of the sexist culture of sport and posits counternarratives for women in sport coaching that are non-essentialist and may help women position themselves from a place of greater power.

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  • Nicole M. LaVoi & Anna Goorevich, 2024. "Refuting gender essentialism about women in sport coaching," Chapters, in: Pirkko Markula & Annelies Knoppers (ed.), Research Handbook on Gender and Diversity in Sport Management, chapter 13, pages 192-205, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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