<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The ultra-groups that support football clubs have been present in Portugal since the 1970s. Despite this support, performed with many chants and choreographies, the ultra-groups are reported mostly due to violent situations caused by their members. Based on an investigation of four ultra-groups that support football clubs in Oporto that was performed through lengthy observation, interviews, and surveys, this text highlights the characteristics of the dominant masculine profile present in these ultra-groups. The dimensions that allowed for the outline of this profile arise from theoretical perspectives reflecting gender and masculinity as an explanatory dimension of the aggressive behavior of hooligans and ultra-group members. These were briefly dealt in this text. They are composed of key features resulting from research about gender and masculinity in the Portoan ultra-groups, enabling their outlines. The physical and verbal violence, leadership profile, body display, homophobic discourse, and gendered exclusion expressed in the words, chants, and iconography of the ultra-groups allow for the definition of the key characteristics of the aggressive dominant masculine profile present in these Portoan ultra-groups.</p></abstract>

The ultra-groups that support football clubs have been present in Portugal since the 1970s. Despite this support, performed with many chants and choreographies, the ultra-groups are reported mostly due to violent situations caused by their members. Based on an investigation of four ultra-groups that support football clubs in Oporto that was performed through lengthy observation, interviews, and surveys, this text highlights the characteristics of the dominant masculine profile present in these ultra-groups. The dimensions that allowed for the outline of this profile arise from theoretical perspectives reflecting gender and masculinity as an explanatory dimension of the aggressive behavior of hooligans and ultra-group members. These were briefly dealt in this text. They are composed of key features resulting from research about gender and masculinity in the Portoan ultra-groups, enabling their outlines. The physical and verbal violence, leadership profile, body display, homophobic discourse, and gendered exclusion expressed in the words, chants, and iconography of the ultra-groups allow for the definition of the key characteristics of the aggressive dominant masculine profile present in these Portoan ultra-groups.

“We show that we are men”: the Dominant Masculinity Profile of the Portoan Ultra-groups

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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The ultra-groups that support football clubs have been present in Portugal since the 1970s. Despite this support, performed with many chants and...

“We show that we are men”: the Dominant Masculinity Profile of the Portoan Ultra-groups

Published Online: Oct 17, 2018

Page range: 16 - 23

Received: May 19, 2018

Accepted: Jul 02, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2018-0016

Keywords
ultra-groups, hooligans,masculinity, gender

© 2018 Daniel Seabra, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

“We show that we are men”: the Dominant Masculinity Profile of the Portoan Ultra-groups

Published Online: Oct 17, 2018

Page range: 16 - 23

Received: May 19, 2018

Accepted: Jul 02, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2018-0016

Keywordsultra-groups, hooligans,masculinity, gender

© 2018 Daniel Seabra, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
ultra-groups, hooligans,masculinity, gender