Male team sport hazing initiations in a culture of decreasing homohysteria

Anderson, E.; McCormack, M.; Lee, H.

doi:10.1177/0743558411412957

Male team sport hazing initiations in a culture of decreasing homohysteria

Anderson, E.; McCormack, M.; Lee, H.

Authors

E. Anderson

M. McCormack

H. Lee

Abstract

In this longitudinal ethnographic research, we report on 7 years of hazing rituals on two separate men’s sports teams at one university in the United Kingdom. Using 38 in-depth interviews alongside naturalistic observations of the initiation rituals, we demonstrate that hazing activities have changed from being centered around homophobic same-sex activities to focusing on extreme levels of alcohol consumption. We show that whereas same-sex activities once occurred paradoxically to prohibit them, today these initiations open up the possibility of same-sex behaviors for young men in the life stage of emergent adulthood.

Citation

Anderson, E., McCormack, M., & Lee, H. (2012). Male team sport hazing initiations in a culture of decreasing homohysteria. Journal of Adolescent Research, 27(4), 427-448. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558411412957

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jul 1, 2012
Deposit Date	Sep 10, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Jul 5, 2013
Journal	Journal of Adolescent Research
Print ISSN	0743-5584
Electronic ISSN	1552-6895
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	27
Issue	4
Pages	427-448
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558411412957
Keywords	Sexuality, College issues, Gender, Peers/friends, Risk behavior.

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