PATHS FOLLOWED BY WOMWN IN SPORTS IN PORTUGAL: ASYMMETRIES, RESISTANCES AND POSSIBILITIES

Authors

  • Angelita Alice Jaeger UFSM
  • Paula Botelho Gomes Universidade do Porto
  • Paula Silva Universiade do Porto
  • Silvana Vilodre Goellner Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.3825

Keywords:

Women. Sports. Gender identity. Women, working.

Abstract

This research has been based upon the theoretical field of Gender Studies. Twenty-one female athletes and former athletes that perform technical and managerial functions in the area of sports in Portugal have been interviewed. Three meaning units have emerged. The analysis of these units has allowed for the identification of developments in widening women’s participation in sports, even though women have to both diversify their functions and accept work conditions that differ from those available to men. Rejecting the position of victims, the women interviewed have converted those asymmetries into challenges and have also suggested actions to encourage, widen, and consolidate female participation in all levels of sports.

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Author Biographies

Angelita Alice Jaeger, UFSM

Doutora em Ciência do Movimento Humano. 

Professora do Centro de Educação Física e Desportos da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Paula Botelho Gomes, Universidade do Porto

Profa Dra da Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto da Universidade do Porto

Paula Silva, Universiade do Porto

Profa Dra da Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto da Universidade do Porto

Silvana Vilodre Goellner, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professora Doutora da Escola de Educação Física da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

Published

2009-10-01

How to Cite

JAEGER, A. A.; GOMES, P. B.; SILVA, P.; GOELLNER, S. V. PATHS FOLLOWED BY WOMWN IN SPORTS IN PORTUGAL: ASYMMETRIES, RESISTANCES AND POSSIBILITIES. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 1, p. 245–267, 2009. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.3825. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/3825. Acesso em: 1 jul. 2025.

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