Monday, October 21, 2013

Men in Sports

In the world of sports we look at the athletes involved very closely. We interpret their families, their significant others, what foods they like, their training habits, and almost every other aspect of their personal lives. We want to assess how their individuality is measured and how they all differ, but what about how they are all the same. No matter if they are gay or straight there are many things they have in common. These people are all freaks in a different sense of the word. These individuals are acrobatic, strong, explosive, tough, and fast just to name some tangible attributes. They are also poised, smart, studious, cerebral, and quick witted. Along with showing off all these skills on the court, field, or course, they display their masculinity and try to establish their alpha male status by becoming what they call a superstar. In this video, you will see some of the professional basketball players showing off their skills, smarts, and masculinity to the other players and the world. We have talked about how everyone may display different masculine or feminine traits. We all see the masculine, but what feminine traits may be on display in all sports?

-Devan Marry

1 comment:

  1. First off, great video! very interesting and attention getting. I think this video shows great skills that men have in sports. They are very talented on and off the court. But moving on to talk about their feminine traits. I don't think that they really display that in field of any sport. The way society is set up is that if a player displays that he is gay which of course society says that is not right. But if they do show that it will be because he has a family or a little daughter but I don't think a basketball player would just up and show that in plain day. Sports men to me are afraid to show that side because of what others might say about them so they keep it on the down low. But I think it would interesting if you found something about them showing their feminine ways and they werent gay. But great job starting your topic off!
    -Tayler Thornton

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