The locker room of a sports team is a great place to start when looking at how men and masculinity rule in society. ... It is a much bigger deal when a male athlete comes out, because he has the higher status in the sports world. ... Athletes are more severely punished for doing illegal drugs than they are for committing crimes of violence. The average suspension for violation of the drug policy is 6-8 games, while the average suspension for violence against women is only 1.5 games (McCann). ... Gordan was suspended for an entire year for drug possession, but Rice was only suspended for two ga...

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Sports associated with the dominant form of 'manliness' are the most culturally valued in our society. ... Moreover, with such social importance placed on sport there is probably nothing more humiliating in a boy's development than repeatedly being the last one chosen in school sports. ... "The New Warriors" represent an advertiser's use of military or sports figures to enhance the "manliness" of their products. ... Sports and other magazines with a large male readership are filled with ads for muscle-enhancing products often equating muscles with violent power. ... (...

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Towards the older ages of 16-25, this is where men are experiencing new things in their life; perhaps using drugs, or other aggressive types of risk taking. ... The National Institute of Justice wrote a report on how family life can have an impact on violence and they found that if a child experiences violence as a young child, this can affect the way their brain develops, which could potentially lead to a violent outburst in later life; 'poor prenatal care, prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol, exposure to high levels of lead in the environment, and early abuse or neglect can lead som...

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They also believe that the causes of it are primarily due to drug and alcohol related content (http://www.domesticviolence.org/). ... Competition can be defined in terms of sports, and (need a list) It has been proven by previous studies that sports and physical activity play a major role in the construction of young men's view of their masculinity. ...

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