TY - JOUR
T1 - An Investigation of Ethnicity as a Variable Related to US Male College Athletes' Sexual Orientation Behaviors and Attitudes
AU - Anderson, Eric
AU - Southall, R
AU - Southall, C
AU - Nagel, M
AU - Polite, F
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - While most often forbidden by university policy, homophobic attitudes and intolerance of gay/lesbian athletes may still exist within intercollegiate athletic departments. Against this backdrop, this study examines attitudes toward sexual orientation from a sample of Division I & III male university athletes (N = 397) from four universities in the Southeastern United States. The study’s primary research questions are: a) Utilizing ethnicity as the independent variable, what are the sampled male athletes’ attitudes toward sexual orientations? and b) Is there a relationship between male college athletes’ ethnicity and their sexual-orientation attitudes? Using the frameworks of Social-Script and Critical-Race Theories, this article, discusses the results’ significance for university athletic administrators, faculty, and college athletes.
AB - While most often forbidden by university policy, homophobic attitudes and intolerance of gay/lesbian athletes may still exist within intercollegiate athletic departments. Against this backdrop, this study examines attitudes toward sexual orientation from a sample of Division I & III male university athletes (N = 397) from four universities in the Southeastern United States. The study’s primary research questions are: a) Utilizing ethnicity as the independent variable, what are the sampled male athletes’ attitudes toward sexual orientations? and b) Is there a relationship between male college athletes’ ethnicity and their sexual-orientation attitudes? Using the frameworks of Social-Script and Critical-Race Theories, this article, discusses the results’ significance for university athletic administrators, faculty, and college athletes.
U2 - 10.1080/01419870.2010.495409
DO - 10.1080/01419870.2010.495409
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 293
EP - 313
JO - Ethnic and Racial Studies
JF - Ethnic and Racial Studies
SN - 0141-9870
IS - 2
ER -