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This paper validates the application possibility of the concept of “homosociality” from fieldwork in a sport organization and also establishes a connection that misogyny and homophobia cannot capture. The data are based on the author's fieldwork conducted from March through December 2011 with the Japanese X University American football team. “Homosociality,” which Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick depicted in Between Men (1985), features “misogyny” and “homophobia.” However, those features started in modem Western society, so if applied to the analysis of relational structures in an organization, analytic views that focus on the treatment of “sexuality” are necessary. When focused on the data from summer training camp, which relate to the relationships among team members both in and out of training, different observations between the current 31st team and the 28th team were confirmed. In the 28th team, sexuality was “restrained” during out-of-training situations, and a relational structure existed with hierarchy and
abusive language and violent behavior. On the other hand, in the 31st team, sexuality was “managed” during training situations, and there was an equivalent relational structure; no negative feelings like disgust or hatred appeared, at least on the surface. Thus, homosociality can be applied to relational structure analysis of organizations by focusing on “sexuality.” Furthermore, it is possible to depict the new concept of “managed” sexuality without features of misogyny or homophobia. In addition to the result above, by confirming the process of creating this new sociality, the influencer of the change is the “advancement of women” and “men's liberation from gender norms.” Additionally, because a female observer could not enter certain spaces, methodological limitations based on gender also appeared.
