ABSTRACT

In this paper, findings from an investigation into the gender imbalance in swim coaching in Australia, particularly at the higher levels of accreditation, are reported. Stories of the experience of two elite female swim coaches were analysed with reference to the concept of hegemonic masculinity. Analysis found that some male coaches and attendants to the swimming culture use literal and ideological force, including differentiation, direct control, and trivialisation to enact hegemony and to (re)create a gendered order. The findings suggest that without intervention and (re)education, this ideology will remain uncontested, will continue to inform the practice of coaches in the field, and will remain deeply entrenched in the system of values of the sport’s organising body and the federal funding organisation for sports in Australia.

摘要

在本文中，报告了对澳大利亚游泳教练性别失衡的调查结果，特别是在更高级别的认证中。参照霸权男子气概的概念，分析了两位精英女游泳教练的经历故事。分析发现，游泳文化的一些男性教练和服务员使用文字和意识形态力量，包括差异化、直接控制和琐碎化来实施霸权和（重新）创建性别秩序。调查结果表明，如果没有干预和（再）教育，这种意识形态将保持无可争议，将继续为该领域的教练实践提供信息，并将在这项运动的组织机构和联邦资助组织的价值观体系中根深蒂固对于澳大利亚的体育运动。