Det är dags att vi bryter isen : Damhockey eller "hockey", den riktiga ishockeyn.

• Main Author: Almén, Mimmi
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO) 2017
• Subjects: Femininity; gender equality; ice hockey; masculinity; social constructionism; Law and Society; Juridik och samhälle
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-68860

To create a successful development in sports, gender equality is required. The lack of gender equality within the sport as an organization is therefore a problem and historically, sports is characterized by a gender structure where women is subordinate to men. The purpose of this essay is therefore to increase the knowledge of  the position of women within the field of ice hockey, and to open up for an analyzis of the gender equality within the rules of ice hockey using the theory of social constructionism. The theory makes it possible to highlight the meaning of commonly used concepts within the gender equality debate such as masculinity and femininity as social constructions depending on culture and history and how they change over time. This leads to the question of how the level of gender equality in the rules of ice hockey can be understood by using a social constructive theory. In order to achieve the purpose, the essay has the legal analyzis method as a basis to make the analyzis more nuanced. Interwiew as a method has also been used to create additional support for the conclusions. The study shows that there are significant differences in the rules of ice hockey that causes a problem with gender equality, but if you look under the surface, you could find that what seems to be natural, really is not. The rules of ice hockey, and the problem of gender equality are social constructions that changes under influence by the social environment.