masculinity, intermale tensions and oppositions, and their differential appraisals of men who
participate in so-called women's sports—that is, men who transgress the rules of the gender
order in sport. This study is theoretically inspired by Harding's (1986) conceptualization of
the three processes that produce gender social life: gender symbolism, gender structure,
and individual gender. Content analysis of 174 essays written by boys from three different …