“It’s not a sport for women” – an analysis of the discourse of exclusion based on the example of Formula One racing Cover Image

„To nie jest sport dla kobiet” – analiza dyskursu wykluczającego na przykładzie wyścigów Formuły 1
“It’s not a sport for women” – an analysis of the discourse of exclusion based on the example of Formula One racing

Author(s): Anna Brzuszkiewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: discourse of exclusion; Formula One racing

Summary/Abstract: Article concerns the issue of women’s exclusion from the motor sports, which happens throughlanguage practices. The fastest car racing series – Formula 1 remains a male-dominated sport. Oneof the reasons for this dominance certainty results from the awareness and social stereotypes. Excludingdiscourse is shaped and reproduces in the statements which can be found, for example, onthe websites dedicated to the Formula 1. Conducted discourse analysis allows to show the methodsof reasoning to justify a point of view, in accordance with which the F1 racing is not a sport forwomen. Secondly, it defines the image of the women who compete or aspire to drive in races of thistype. Thirdly, it determines the way in which, from the perspective of woman driver, gender determinesthe presence in Formula 1.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 129-143
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish