Sports beyond genders. Sociological analysis on the participation of trangender women in female sport competitions

• Autores: Salvatore Monaco
• Localización: Comunicación y Género, ISSN-e 2605-1982, Vol. 3, Nº. 2, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Cuestiones de género y deporte en el discurso mediático), págs. 105-113
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5209/cgen.68555
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    Aunque el deporte representa históricamente un vehículo importante para la difusión de valores y principios, tal vez este se convierte en un escenario de discriminación, sobre todo con respecto al género (Balbo, 2001).

    El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar el tema de la participación de las mujeres transgénero en el deporte femenino para identificar cuáles son los principales factores de discriminación. Para lograr este objetivo, el artículo analiza las conversaciones on line sobre el proyecto de ley 2706 de la Cámara de Representantes de Arizona que propone que las mujeres transgénero no deben participar en actividades deportivas femeninas, ya que tienen beneficios fisiológicos que harían desigual las competiciones deportivas. En particular, este documento estudia el contenido sobre este tema alojado en Twitter, el popular sitio de microblogging. El estudio se basa en un análisis de datos texuales, hecha a través del uso de software para análisis cuantitativa del contenido. El período de estudio considera los Tweets publicados durante los meses de Febrero y Marzo 2020. Los resultados del análisis de sentimiento revelan que el camino hacía la aceptación completa del universo transgénero en el deporte femenino aún es muy largo y difícil.

  • English

    Although sport historically represents an important vehicle for the dissemination of values and principles, it is often an arena of discrimination, most all based on gender (Balbo, 2001).

    The paper is aimed at analyzing the issue of the participation of transgender women in female sports in order to identify which are the main discrimination factors. To achieve this goal, the article analyzes the online conversations on the House Bill 2706 of Arizona that proposes that transgender female student athletes should not take part in female sporting activities, as they have physiological benefits that would make unequal the sport competitions. In particular, the paper studies the contents about this issue hosted on Twitter, the popular real-time microblogging social network. The method is based on design data mining analysis, supported by the use of software for quantitative analysis of the content. The study considers Tweets published during the period between February and March 2020. Sentiment analysis of Tweets shows that the road to the complete acceptance of the female transgender universe in sport is still very long and difficult to follow.

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