“Women Are Cancer, You Shouldn’t Be Working in Sport”: Sport Psychologists’ Lived Experiences of Sexism in Sport

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Though sexism has been recognized as problematic in sport, its impact on female sport psychologists the United Kingdom not yet investigated. The purpose of this research was to explore and influence practice. Four semistructured focus groups were conducted, comprising 11 who worked Kingdom. Thematic analysis revealed four general themes: environment, privileging masculinity, acts sexism, feminine. Participants’ discourse suggests that are impacted by their workplaces. Gendered power differentials, coupled with low status psychology within exacerbated challenges faced psychologists. This study contributes making up for dearth Suggestions made regard implications

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عنوان ژورنال: Sport Psychologist

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['0888-4781', '1543-2793']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2020-0029