Open Categories in Sport: One Way to Decrease Discrimination
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F20%3A10418820" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/20:10418820 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=uorc3iEPkr" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=uorc3iEPkr</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2020.1772355" target="_blank" >10.1080/17511321.2020.1772355</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Open Categories in Sport: One Way to Decrease Discrimination
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Jane English, a pioneer in feminist sport philosophy, mentioned one simple idea that has received insufficient attention, but its consequences are of great importance for decreasing discrimination in sport. English suggested that female athletes should be allowed to 'move up' to the male category and compete against male athletes if they wished to. She drew this strategy from boxing, in which boxers in lower weight categories can choose to 'move up'-to compete in a higher category (although this is not permitted in reverse-boxers cannot 'move down'). This strategy could be used in other sports and for other categories, but it is not often chosen. It would suggest that talented athletes do not always need 'category protection'-they do not need to be protected more than necessary, which raises the question of the justification of the category in the first place. On investigation, some justifications may have less to do with sport-rationality, than with reasons such as paternalism, ableism, ageism or sexism, or organizational reasons. I shall clarify the notion of 'categories' in sport, and distinguish four types of categories with respect to their openness: 'open' category, 'semi-open' category, 'closed' category, and 'overlapping' categories. This paper advocates the wider use of open and semi-open or at least overlapping categories (where possible), and it argues against the excessive use of closed categories-those made by prescribing set limits. The benefit is clear: athletes who are skilled enough to compete in the higher category should be allowed to 'move up', if they wish. With respect to sex/gender, this strategy would partly help to diminish the strength of the binary distinction, and so it can be considered a first and easy step towards a more integrated sport. Keywords
Název v anglickém jazyce
Open Categories in Sport: One Way to Decrease Discrimination
Popis výsledku anglicky
Jane English, a pioneer in feminist sport philosophy, mentioned one simple idea that has received insufficient attention, but its consequences are of great importance for decreasing discrimination in sport. English suggested that female athletes should be allowed to 'move up' to the male category and compete against male athletes if they wished to. She drew this strategy from boxing, in which boxers in lower weight categories can choose to 'move up'-to compete in a higher category (although this is not permitted in reverse-boxers cannot 'move down'). This strategy could be used in other sports and for other categories, but it is not often chosen. It would suggest that talented athletes do not always need 'category protection'-they do not need to be protected more than necessary, which raises the question of the justification of the category in the first place. On investigation, some justifications may have less to do with sport-rationality, than with reasons such as paternalism, ableism, ageism or sexism, or organizational reasons. I shall clarify the notion of 'categories' in sport, and distinguish four types of categories with respect to their openness: 'open' category, 'semi-open' category, 'closed' category, and 'overlapping' categories. This paper advocates the wider use of open and semi-open or at least overlapping categories (where possible), and it argues against the excessive use of closed categories-those made by prescribing set limits. The benefit is clear: athletes who are skilled enough to compete in the higher category should be allowed to 'move up', if they wish. With respect to sex/gender, this strategy would partly help to diminish the strength of the binary distinction, and so it can be considered a first and easy step towards a more integrated sport. Keywords
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy [online]
ISSN
1751-133X
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
14
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
SI 4
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
17
Strana od-do
461-477
Kód UT WoS článku
000547936900001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85086456318