ABSTRACT Research about sport and gender equity has taken various forms in different historical and scientific contexts but a general conclusion is that sport still is male-dominated terrain. Why is this, despite decades of gender equity work and initiatives? Here, answers were sought through interviews with 47 male power holders – leaders and coaches – in Swedish sport. Men from seven sports were interviewed. The aim was to, by means of a Foucauldian discourse analysis, explore how ‘gender equity’ was interpreted and valued: how do the leaders and coaches position themselves, and how are they positioned, in relation to gender equity? The findings show that four subject positions are articulated: the sceptic, the cynic, the women’s rights advocate and the constructionist. The sceptic raises doubts about the reasonableness and fairness of gender equity, the cynic constructs gender equity as something unrealistic or impossible, the women’s rights advocate articulates a semi-essential and quantitatively oriented support for gender equity, and the constructionist voice a norm-critical approach. We conclude that the constructionist probably is more aligned with the gender equity objectives of both Swedish and international sport organising bodies than the women’s rights advocate, but that more distinct and detailed norm-critical approaches to gender equity are required ahead. A more successful implementation of gender equity initiatives is related to changed interpretations of and attitudes towards the fundamentals of gender equity work among those who are to realise it, but also to clarifications of what ‘gender equity’ means and why it is important.

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持怀疑态度的人，愤世嫉俗的人，妇女权利的倡导者和建构主义者：运动中性别平等的男性领导人和教练

摘要关于体育和性别平等的研究在不同的历史和科学背景下采取了多种形式，但总的结论是体育仍然是男性主导的地形。尽管进行了几十年的性别平等工作和倡议，为什么会这样呢？在这里，通过采访瑞典体育界47位男性权力持有者（领导人和教练）寻求答案。来自七个运动项目的男性接受了采访。目的是通过福柯的话语分析，探索和解释“性别平等”的理解和价值：领导者和教练如何定位自己，以及他们相对于性别平等的定位？调查结果表明，明确阐明了四个主题职位：怀疑主义者，愤世嫉俗者，妇女权利倡导者和建构主义者。怀疑论者对两性平等的合理性和公平性表示怀疑，愤世嫉俗的人将两性平等视为不现实或不可能的事，女权倡导者明确表示了对两性平等的半本质和定量导向的支持，而建构主义者则表达了规范性的态度。 。我们得出的结论是，与女性权利倡导者相比，建构主义者可能更符合瑞典和国际体育组织机构的性别平等目标，但未来需要更独特，更详尽的规范性别平等方法。性别平等举措的更成功实施与实现这一目标的人们对性别平等工作基础的理解和态度发生了变化有关，