Are there still social barriers to women's rugby ?
Résumé
For a long time, rugby union was reserved for men in France. The French rugby union
federation only opened its doors to women in 1989. Twenty years later, we asked
ourselves how and when women start playing rugby and if there are still social barriers
to their practice. In order to answer this, we interviewed 15 persons who belong to the
world of French rugby and almost 200 female players. The results show that people
around the players are reserved, mainly for fear of the physical risk, the injuries they
associate with rugby and, to a lesser extent, because they are afraid of a social risk that
they may become more masculine. Our results also underline the fact that actors of the
French rugby sphere do not seem to be afraid of the physical risk but that they have the
perception of a social risk.
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