Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Elite Athletics: “There’s a Lot of Work Still Yet To Be Done” DOI

Sydney V.M. Smith,

Audrey R. Giles, Francine Darroch

et al.

Sociology of Sport Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 41(2), P. 201 - 210

Published: Aug. 21, 2023

Several female athletes have recently challenged the long-standing assumption that pregnancy/parenthood (particularly motherhood) and participation in elite-level sport are mutually exclusive. These women’s actions elicited change across elite athletics industry sparked a need for further research to understand how athlete-parents perceive these shifts. We used feminist poststructuralist theory, participatory action research, semistructured interviews explore perspectives of 21 pregnant parenting elite/international world-class (11 women 10 men) on developing degree acceptance parenthood athletics. Through discourse analysis, we identified that, despite considerable recent advancements, there is still continued which pregnant/parenting accepted supported within

Language: Английский

From birth to rebirth: comeback meanings in media stories of Canadian athlete mothers’ sporting journeys DOI
Kerry R. McGannon,

Willa Hladun,

Shaantanu Kulkarni

et al.

Sport Education and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 14

Published: July 10, 2024

Language: Английский

Citations

5
Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Elite Athletics: “There’s a Lot of Work Still Yet To Be Done” DOI

Sydney V.M. Smith,

Audrey R. Giles, Francine Darroch

et al.

Sociology of Sport Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 41(2), P. 201 - 210

Published: Aug. 21, 2023

Several female athletes have recently challenged the long-standing assumption that pregnancy/parenthood (particularly motherhood) and participation in elite-level sport are mutually exclusive. These women’s actions elicited change across elite athletics industry sparked a need for further research to understand how athlete-parents perceive these shifts. We used feminist poststructuralist theory, participatory action research, semistructured interviews explore perspectives of 21 pregnant parenting elite/international world-class (11 women 10 men) on developing degree acceptance parenthood athletics. Through discourse analysis, we identified that, despite considerable recent advancements, there is still continued which pregnant/parenting accepted supported within

Language: Английский

Citations

6