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Cultural Manspreading in Doping Environments: Theorizing the Gendering of Doping Spaces, Sexualities, and the Social
University of Stirling, UK.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sport Science. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, Education in Change. (Centrum för kultursociologi)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1631-6475
2022 (English)In: Doping in Sport and Fitness / [ed] April Henning & Jesper Andreasson, Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2022, p. 195-214Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter introduces the sociologically informed concept of cultural manspreading, which is used to critically examine how gender and power operate in relation to doping and image and performance enhancing drug (IPED) use. Though not exclusively, the chapter centres on the online doping context and how men and women in different forums navigate their doping lifestyles and identities. By focusing on the online doping context, the chapter brackets not only the focus on sport and fitness that has dominated much research, but also the physical dimension that have been at the heart of manspreading in public discourse. Thereby the concept is theorized for wider interpretations, including analysis of men dominating spatial, social and sexual aspects/domains of doping subcultures to the detriment of women or subordinate men. Though doping subcultures are steeped in a masculinity that prioritizes muscular masculinities and construct men as experts and sources of knowledge about doping, the chapter also illustrates how both men and women sometimes play into and challenge such patterns and gender dynamics. Indeed, at times, women's presence in different doping spaces can be a challenge to the default male position. Further, by introducing women-only doping forums the chapter argues that women can begin to debate and share their experiences uninterrupted, developing their own store of knowledge, and setting the female body and experience as default. This supports the idea of a gradual formation of a sis-science doping culture.

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Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2022. p. 195-214
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Research in the Sociology of Sport, ISSN 1476-2854 ; 16
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Sociology Sport and Fitness Sciences
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Social Sciences, Sport Science; Social Sciences, Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-117795DOI: 10.1108/S1476-285420220000016011Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85143888879ISBN: 9781801171588 (print)ISBN: 9781801171571 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-117795DiVA, id: diva2:1717118
Available from: 2022-12-07 Created: 2022-12-07 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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