Mentoring is widely acknowledged to be an important contributor women's career success and progression, but women often struggle access mentoring networks that can help sponsor develop their careers. Formal programmes designed specifically for overcome this challenge, such schemes may at the same time reinforce masculine discourses which position as deficient in relation invisibly male norm implicit within contemporary working practices. Drawing on a formal women‐only programme built...

Attitudes towards sexuality are changing and levels of cultural homophobia decreasing, yet there remain very few openly gay men within sport. As a proving ground for heteromasculinity, sport has traditionally been hostile environment men. This article is based on an ethnographic study sporting subworld in which do appear to be accepted: equestrian Drawing inclusive masculinity theory, shown offer unusually tolerant heterosexual all ages demonstrate low homophobia. Inclusive theory useful...

The horse-human relationship is based on mutual respect and understanding, the development of trusting partnerships may be particularly important in elite equestrian sport, where horses humans rely each other to tackle sporting challenges. increasing commercialization sport eroding aspects relationship, as commodity value sports increases pressure for quick results threatens formation deep bonds between horse rider. This article presents data from an ethnographic study competitive England,...

This article presents a story of writing, revising and publishing an autoethnography sporting injury. Using extracts from peer review comments personal reflections both on these reviews the process more broadly, shows that although can be very challenging, even troubling, experience for author, it also rewarding empowering when editors reviewers offer supportive constructive suggestions. The argues greater consideration needs to given aftermath publication autoethnographic accounts calls...

The involvement of nonhuman animals in human sport and leisure raises questions about the ethics animal use (and sometimes abuse) for pleasure. This article draws on a multispecies ethnography amateur riding United Kingdom to consider some ways which participants try develop attentive relationships with their equine partners. An ethical praxis paying attention horses as individual, sentient beings intrinsic value beyond relation activities can lead development mutually rewarding interspecies...

The emerging multidisciplinary field of human-animal studies encourages researchers to move beyond human-centric practices and recognise that human nonhuman beings are positioned within shared ecological, social, cultural political spaces whereby nonhumans have become key actors worthy moral consideration play a fundamental role in humans' lives.With some exceptions (e.g.Carr, 2014;Dashper, 2018;Danby, 2018;Danby & Finkel, 2018;Young Carr, 2018), leisure has been slow embrace this 'animal...

Sex segregation is a core organising principle of most modern sports and key element in the marginalisation subordination girls women sport beyond. In this article I explore only Olympic-level which not organised around sex – equestrian order to consider implications integration for female participants. draw on study conducted elite riders that found although does lead participants being excluded from high-level competition, men continue perform disproportionately well. This suggests may be...

This commentary challenges the anthropocentrism of leisure research and raises some limitations considering solely from human-centric perspectives. Research emerging subfield human-horse relationships is used to illustrate how more-than-human analyses can enrich understandings as multispecies practices, encounters interactions. Embracing perspectives may open up new challenging ethical, theoretical, methodological practical issues for field studies.

We propose that the anthropomorphic application of gender stereotypes to animals influences human-animal interactions and human expectations, often with negative consequences for female animals. An online survey was conducted explore riders' perceptions horse temperament suitability ridden work, based on sex. The questionnaire asked respondents allocate three hypothetical horses (a mare, gelding stallion) four riders compromising a woman, man, girl boy. Riders were described as equally...

The concept of emotional labour has been subject to critique, evaluation, development and extension over the last 35 years, but it remains firmly anthropocentric. This article begins address this shortcoming by illustrating some productive potential extending include more‐than‐human multispecies perspectives. Organizations are not solely human phenomena, research usually fails consider role non‐humans in work contemporary capitalism. Using example trail horses tourism, I argue that non‐human...

Horse riding is a popular leisure activity within rural Britain. Straddling two masculinized social contexts – rural, land-based society and sport/physical recreation horse feminized, yet mixed-sex, milieu. This article presents data from an ethnography of the world to consider how women this context do redo gender in ways that may begin challenge ideas about what are, they are capable of, sporting contexts. Women’s active countryside has been rendered largely invisible for decades, women’s...

Scholars working in the academic field of sport studies have long debated relationship between modern and gender (e.g., Hargreaves Anderson, 2014; Hargreaves, 1994; Lenskyj, 1986; Messner, 2002). Within this body work, forms – along with a great diversity related activities, including dance, fitness training, physical education, etc. consistently been shown to carry meanings relative structures prevailing wider social settings within which they take place, patterns participation consumption...

The field of events management has been critiqued for being overly focused on operational and managerial concerns to the detriment critical analysis power representation, which equality, diversity, inclusion (EDI) is an important aspect. This paper reports audit four leading journals over period 2011–2021 assess current state play in relation engagement with EDI issues consider whether this critique remains justified. After screening, 49 articles were included. Findings reveal that a...

Globally, the tourism industry has been devastated by COVID-19 pandemic and associated changes in international travel. This paper draws on interviews with 51 women working sector Tanzania examines gendered impacts of their welfare, which instigated or accelerated entrepreneurial activities as an attempt to protect women's incomes security. Women study adopted one three strategies: they (re)committed industry, developing own skills business ideas; diversified interests have a 'Plan B'...

More-than-human approaches open up theoretical and methodological space for considering if how all animals, human nonhuman, play important roles in shaping relationships, actions encounters leisure. This paper introduces an ecological-phenomenological framework understanding relationships between animate actors their environment through The example of riders horses the context a pleasure ride leisure event is used to illustrate application importance individual differences constraints,...

The Olympic Games offer a rare opportunity for women in sport to receive broad media interest, with recognizable and familiar athletes receiving higher levels of attention by journalists during this media-event. This article reports on case study representations three female within the British print press 2016 Games. Nicola Adams (boxing), Charlotte Dujardin (dressage) Jessica Ennis-Hill (heptathlon) were all gold medallists 2012, so already had some celebrity Britain prior 2016, which built...

The events industry is female-dominated numerically, yet men continue to occupy the majority of senior roles and positions influence. A variety factors contribute this persistent glass ceiling, including shortage female role models, lack confidence, inflexible working hours limited professional networks. Mentoring has been shown begin address some these challenges women may face in progressing positions. This paper reports on research conducted a formal industry-wide mentoring programme for...