Table 1
Categorical system of how sportswomen perceive the way they are treated in the media
Dimension | Category | Subcategory | Resources or no. of interviews | No. of references | % | |
Media treatment perceived by sportswomen | Same treatment | 3 | 8 | 6.11 | ||
21 | 123 | 93.89 | ||||
Invisibilization | 10 | 16 | 12.22 | |||
Partial visibility | 19 | 40 | 30.53 | |||
By accomplishments | 12 | 19 | 14.50 | |||
By medium | 8 | 10 | 7.63 | |||
Different treatment | As promotion | 4 | 8 | 6.11 | ||
Different expectations | 2 | 3 | 2.29 | |||
Disinterest/disinformation | 4 | 7 | 5.34 | |||
Objectification | 14 | 28 | 21.47 | |||
Stereotypes (beauty, etc.) | 8 | 24 | 18.32 | |||
Empowerment | 4 | 8 | 6.11 | |||
Total | 22 | 1318 | 100 | |||
Note. The resource table states how many documents contained some kind of testimonial related to each category (19 of the interviews |