Rodeo's Role In Masculine Sport

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Rodeo has been a part of society and around the word for hundreds of years.
Rodeo will always be seen as a more masculine sport, to show the skills and strength of men and the duty it takes to participate in such events. We can begin to understand that the male and female gender has played a significant role in rodeo; by each role they held. With every aspect of rodeo comes a challenge. Men and rodeo display a great deal of the masculine ideology; women display an aspect of being the supporter. Without the help of a woman most could not function in rodeo” (Forsyth, 2007). Dangers of rodeo come in all events, big or small, it doesn’t detict your size, gender, shape or form or defines how masculine you are, it defines the person you portray

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