Department of Sports Studies, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK.
J Homosex. 2011;58(5):565-78. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2011.563652.
This article traces the foundation of the study between sport and physical cultures and masculinities and sexualities principally by examining the homophobic zeitgeist by which the academic discipline was formed. I show that the intense homophobia of the mid-1980s waned throughout the 1990s, and that during the new millennia, researchers found more inclusive forms of heterosexuality. Indeed, research on masculinities and homophobia today shows that, even in the traditionally conservative institution of sport, matters have shifted dramatically. This has resulted not only in improved conditions for sexual minorities, but it has also promoted a culture of softer, more tactile and emotional forms of heterosexual masculinities. These studies, alongside those within this special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality, highlight the necessity of developing new ways of theorizing the changing dynamics between masculinities, sexualities, and physical cultures in the next decade.
本文主要通过考察该学术学科形成时的恐同时代精神，追溯了体育与身体文化和男性气质与性之间的研究基础。我表明，20 世纪 80 年代中期强烈的恐同情绪在整个 90 年代逐渐减弱，而在新千年，研究人员发现了更包容的异性恋形式。事实上，如今关于男性气质和恐同的研究表明，即使在体育这一传统保守的机构中，情况也发生了巨大变化。这不仅为性少数群体带来了更好的条件，还促进了更柔和、更具触觉和情感的异性恋男性气质文化。这些研究与《同性恋杂志》特刊中的研究一起，强调了在未来十年中，有必要发展新的理论方法来研究男性气质、性和身体文化之间不断变化的动态。
