The Myths Of Virility In Sports By Bill Stowe

Experts argue about whether or not we have control over our lives. They question if destiny is determined by fate or by choices we make in our life. Two authors both take their sides on this topic producing evidence to support their claim. David Epstein author of The Sports Gene and Malcolm Gladwell author of Outliers: Story of Success both make an argument on how much we control in our lives in which they take different sides. David Epstein wrote about a track and field athlete who had incredible jumping ability despite never practicing high jumping. Malcolm Gladwell talks about how violinists were never able to float through musical school without putting in the practice hours. They each support their side with

“Dumb jocks” are learning more from the game than just lifting weights or concocting protein shakes. Sports are more than an opportunity to go outside and burn off some energy. Recreation activities are more than a way to get in shape and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Athletics are a metaphor for life that not only teaches players about the game, but also helps them discover important aspects about themselves. At a young age, I did not realize all the beneficial life lessons that the world of sports has taught me, but as I experience high school athletics, I cherish the advice the game shares with me.

Many people have written articles about their experience with athletics, especially with high school and college-level athletics. Because athletics are so often intertwined with these formative moments in one’s life, as well as with normative ideals of masculinity, they are ideal contexts in which to write about gender identity. Thomas Rogers’ essay “The College Hazing that Changed My Life,” originally published on Salon.com in 2011, and Joe Mackall’s essay “Words of my Youth” both deal with athletics as a way into discussing gender identity. Although the essays are very different, they both deal with a very similar theme: how difficult it is to develop a masculine identity, particularly within a sporting context, in a world that is increasingly accepting of different gender identities.

In 1975, Robert Lipsyte wrote “Jock Culture” which was in “The Sportsmaster.” It didn’t appear in “The Nation” until 2011. Analysis will examine the credibility of the examples used by the author to stage his claims.

Manliness in sports have always been present, as Dave Zirin describes, but it is even more present when it comes to pain and recovery. With this combination of sports and manliness, it leads to the militarization of football, and the blind devotion that the sport gives to the military.

Sports are a significant part of society and spectators enjoy particular events regardless of the type. However, there are many players who develop special working and social relationships with whom they are participating regardless of the type of sport. The relationship and how people interact with one another can be the determination of how successful a team can be. The particular film based on a true story that I chose is titled When the Game Stands Tall. This film consists of a high performing football team of De La Salle High School in the state of California. Jim Caviezel portrays the head coach (Bob Ladouceur) as a man with such vision and passion that goes beyond the fundamental principles of coaching the game of football. The football team had won 151 games without being defeated which is the highest winning record a team has had in the game of football. The film shows the internal struggles of the players in their lives as people, and how they perform on the field. It also shows the external tragic difficulties that they face while they attend and play for De Le Salle High School. In the movie, the head coach helps the students/players by not only coaching them but also showing them how to live a flourishing life by committing to endure difficult life situations and the way to overcome them. He helps teach the principles of brotherhood and companionship with the team that they build. In the movie, the head coach and the staff had taught the players

One example of rhetoric I discovered while reading was, metaphors. As she states many times, she believes everything can be applied to as a metaphor during her recovery time, one experience she had was, “-she has come up with the idea of lighting candles to symbolize my past, present, and future. My past and present were the two candles we started with; she would ask me what I would like to start with or deal with today. I would light up either my past or my present depending on the answer. During the last few sessions, we've used the candles I've noticed my past melting more and more and becoming duller and duller in light.” Jaycee’s recovery is very important to her as she watches herself grow more and more comfortable with living freely and out of the controlling grips of Phillip. Before, Jaycee was unknowingly reliant of Phillip for everything, for food, for safety, for assurance. Jaycee, as a developing woman during this time, began to cling to this lifestyle and while she is breaking from these habits of reliance, she begins to see her past being overcome in many aspects in the real

Another way rhetoric is used is parodical statements. One example of a parodical statement is when she states that his easy jokes as he was dying gave reassurance, this

usually use a variety of skills to convey their core information to the audience, eventually

In the political cartoon “Big Man on Campus” the central message is the troubling occupation of Gender Disparity in high school sports. The cartoon clearly conveys the message by contrasting the praise of a male and female athlete. The male is shown to be surrounded with shimmering awards and falling confetti, but the female is depicted with only one trophy with no attention. The creator of the political cartoon Jeff Parker intentionally drew several objects in the illustration that each held a symbolic meaning.

Within the non-fictitious text of the documentary film The Hunting Ground, viewers witness an exploration of the issues, discourses, and institutional responses –or lack thereof- surrounding on-campus rape in American college and universities. Indeed, a large portion of the filmic text dedicates itself to exploring the overrepresentation of university athletes in perpetuating crimes of rape, sexual violence, and sexual assault against female students. Furthermore, the film seeks to delineate the ways via which university athletes are accorded an equal disproportionate level of leigh way when it comes to institutional responses, and public discourse surrounding crimes of rape and sexual violence. These discourses and institutional non-responses will serve as the starting point for this essay, Indeed, whilst most cases of rape -regardless of the perpetrator’s profession- still largely end in victim-blaming, cases of rape and sexual violence where the perpetrator is a professional and/or a university athlete produce a very nuanced and complex set of discourses. This paper will explore how these discourses, in and of themselves, are generated in a manner that circumscribe experiences of embodied masculinized athletic subjectivity vis-à-vis the rejection, perpetration, and penetration of that which is feminine or feminized.

Third, there is no greater feeling than the rush you get when there is ten seconds left on the clock and your team has the ball on the 40-yard line in a field goal formation. The kick goes up soars high and far building anticipation. The ball goes in and you win the game jumping up and down and screaming loud. My friends and I are dancing and high-fiving in excitement. I associate myself as a team member that does not get paid. When I speak about my team I use phrases like “us” and “we” as if I’m a player on the team. While watching the games I experience feelings I do not feel on a day to day basis. I feel anticipation, let downs, and great achievement all in four hours.

Sports and the well being of students in their environment at school are both very influential and meaningful topics. Student’s involvement in sports has played a large role in history regarding the development of schools, and building a character for people to be able to work as a team and express their school involvement and competitivity pinned up against one another. An example of this is regarding the history of sport, how individuals would want to compete with one another to justify their position and their abilities to perform. This natural instinct can be seen in plenty of teens and students in school environments, and this competitive feeling can drive these students to fight for their own victory to build reputation and a name for themselves. Remember The Titans (Remember the Titans.

The goal of this paper is to examine and analyze three motivational sport speeches. In a Rhetorical argument there are three basic approaches. The first speech is Remember the Titans, in a school where racism divides and football unites. Herman Boone has an important role and all it takes is a great speech to get the job done. With the battle of Gettysburg coach Boone inspires his troops by evoking the spirit of fallen soldiers and explaining the dangerous of hate. It is a short but sweet speech that drives the point home which is to learn how to play like men and win. The second speech is Miracle by Coach Brooks. By now everyone knows that the American’s were not supposed to win the Men Hockey Gold at the 1980 Olympics. Along the way coach

Throughout many aspects of the article, Gorn reveals evidence that sports are intrinsically tied to the development of power and superiority. “Above all, brutal recreations toughened men for a violent social life in which the exploitation of labor, the specter of poverty, and a fierce struggle for status were daily realities” (Elliot J. Gorn, 2001, p. 22). Individual status was never permanently fixed, thus “men frantically sought to assert their prowness” (Elliot J. Gorn, 2001, p. 21). Based on aggressive self-assertion and manly pride we can see that there was a fierce competition and struggle for social standing. If we look at sports today, we can see that sports are more than just a contest, an effort to impress judges or a struggle for