The purpose of this thesis was to understand gender stereotypes, family pressure, and peer attitudes on athletes who play sports that are not considered to be masculine (volleyball) and not considered feminine (football); that is males who play sports that are typically seen as feminine (volleyball) and females who play sports that are considered masculine (soccer). The participants in the study were three males who play volleyball which is considered a ‘feminine’ sport and three females who play football which is considered a ‘masculine’ sport. The data for the study was collected using structured interviews. The responses given revealed that there are gender stereotypes for males playing ‘feminine’ sports and for females playing ‘masculine’ sports. The respondents indicated that they face pressure from their family members to play sports that conform to their gender. The findings revealed that the athletes faced negative evaluations from their peers. The findings show that gender stereotypes and gender roles in sports in Sweden are prevalent. The roots of these stereotypes are explained in the social role theory and the expectation values theory. These theories show that individuals learn stereotypes concerning gender from family and social beliefs. For the athletes, they were experiencing role conflict because they felt that they were less feminine (the female) and less masculine (the males) because of the sports that they played.