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Sexuality, Gender and Sport: Does Playing Have a Price?
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by Brooke A. McKinney and Francis T. McAndrew* - Knox College
Categories: Gender | Social | Sport Psychology
Ninety-one undergraduate students (43 varsity athletes, 48 nonathletes) completed questionnaires assessing their attitudes toward homosexuality and their perception of stereotypes, sexuality, and values of athletes in various sports. The results indicated that attitudes toward homosexuality, sex of participant, and status as an athlete were predictors of the degree to which students were aware of and endorsed stereotypes about the values and sexuality of athletes. The groups had consensus regarding which sports had the largest and smallest proportion of gay participants for both men's and women's sports.