“I Don’t Feel Like I’m Up Against a Wall of Men”

Negotiating Difference, Identity and the Glass Ceiling in Sports Information

Authors

  • Erin Whiteside University of Tennessee
  • Marie Hardin Penn State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1123/jis.4.2.210

Abstract

This research explores how women in college sports public relations cope with their minority status and the related notion of a glass ceiling in the workplace. Drawing from a socialist feminist perspective and Wrigley’s (2002) “negotiated resignation” model, we explore how these women negotiate the tension of working in an industry with a glass ceiling, arguing that many may deny a gender identity altogether, instead blaming discrimination on exterior factors or women themselves.

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Author Biographies

  • Erin Whiteside, University of Tennessee
    Whiteside is with the School of Journalism & Electronic Media, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Hardin is with the College of Communications, Penn State University, State College, PA.
  • Marie Hardin, Penn State University
    Whiteside is with the School of Journalism & Electronic Media, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Hardin is with the College of Communications, Penn State University, State College, PA.

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Published

2011-12-01

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Intercollegiate Sport

Section

Peer-Reviewed Article

License

Copyright is held by the authors. 

How to Cite

Whiteside, E., & Hardin, M. (2011). “I Don’t Feel Like I’m Up Against a Wall of Men”: Negotiating Difference, Identity and the Glass Ceiling in Sports Information. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 4(2), 210-226. https://doi.org/10.1123/jis.4.2.210