Masculinity And Sports Essay

Also at home they learn acts of violence from parents and family and it encourages boys to resolve conflicts with violence. Sports such as football have a huge impact on young males and violence the sport requires hitting people on the opposing team and its legal. Many football players have been charged and arrested for aggravated assault towards woman and men. Studies have proven early childhood aggression or violence later leads to adult delinquency and crime. (Pepper 6) Also chapter 4 deals with substance abuse. In the film they describe that aggression and violence leads to substance use. According to Drug and Alcohol Dependence “By age 13, 78% had begun regular substance use. Marijuana was the first substance for 42%. The boys had substance dependence on a mean of 3.2 different drugs (usually including alcohol and marijuana), with abuse of an …show more content…
Almost all sports are geared towards men, Many sports were created with just men playing and no woman could play until title IX that let woman play sports in schools and to stay in shape. In todays sport society if a man is not strong enough, physical, or mentally strong he’s known as a pussy. Sport magnifies masculinity, as we said before in paragraph two and three, violence, drugs, alcohol, and crime. These are some things that are caused by both masculinity and sports they relate to one another. Both can be in pain and need drugs and alcohol and both can be depressed and need drugs. But showing emotions is something that for a long time is considered feminine in sports and not tolerated by people. These magnifications of masculinity are detrimental to an individual and society. It’s toxic to men because we are giving them unfair traits that mess with their lives. Men who follow the social norms that our culture has given them most likely have psychological issues in the future and many other health issues can also be associated with this according to Joel Wong’s