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English 1 Course Blog
Welcome to the English 1 Course Blog. This blog will serve as a forum where we can discuss the course readings and other topics related to our class discussions.
You will be expected to post on this blog at least ten times during the semester. To receive credit for your post, you must write at least one paragraph (5-7 sentences). You do not have to worry about spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
You will be expected to post on this blog at least ten times during the semester. To receive credit for your post, you must write at least one paragraph (5-7 sentences). You do not have to worry about spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
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the myth of the sexual athlete is trying to tell its readers what people thinks of athletes, the stereotype thoughts that people have and what the actual athlete thinks. he claims that athletes get through views on women from locker room discussions and other male friends. the view they have on women is that they are there just to appease men and be their toys. so the boys compete off the field about who went further with their girlfriend. and if you ansd your girlfriend ever became emotionally close to each other, with some romantic themes in yoiur relationship you werent considered a strong or tough man anymore, you loosed your status of being a male athlete. i do agree with his points to a certain extent. because depending on the environment and society has a direct effect on how the kids act. it also depends on who they look up to , which athlete is ther role model and how their coach behaves, do they have moral values or do they treat women disgracefully and that is where the young athletes pick up their habits.
I think that the myth of the sexual athlete is trying to explain the "real connections between sports and male sexuality." He explained that, in his youth as per the efeects of the "locker room subculture, sex and lover were seldom allowed to mix." Boys were not really taught what they need to know about women as the "myth" was passed down from men to boys. They didnt learn how to proverly view love and their relationships. Love and sex were viewed as a game, similar to sports, with a winner, a loser and fierce competition. This leads to dissatisfation and very frustrated men. I agree with sabo's points. Many men view "sex as sport" with little regard for the actual woman they are with. They are focused more on appearances than the actual relationship.
In "The Myth of the Sexual Athlete" Sabo discusses how sports affects mens' relationships. The way that they act on the field - aggressive, competitive, dominating, focused on winning - causes them to act that way in their relationships as well. So, he's saying that this attitude of athletes prevents men from connecting emotionally with another person and having a deep, committed relationship. Instead, they end up viewing their relationships as a game, only focused on "scoring" and gaining status among their friends by being with lots of women. I think that a lot of men do have this attitude, but I don't necessarily think it's totally because of sports. I think men can differentiate between a sports game and a relationship, and realize to treat the two situations differently. Some men just don't want serious relationships. So, I agree that many men treat relationships that way, and maybe sports have a little bit to do with it, but I don't think that's the main cause of men not wanting to commit.
The Myth of the Sexual Athlete speaks about the general attitude males have concerning women in our society, and how sports exaggerate and amplify this mindset. It addresses the fact that men often refused to be in a relationship with a woman that actually involves emotion or love - and if they are, they probably refuse to admit it. I agree with much of what Sabo wrote in this article. I believe a lot of it to be true and have witnessed it among my friends. It's the way men are and I don't think I'm as optimistic as Sabo, in that I don't really believe it's ever going to fully change.
this essay is about how adolescent boys who play competitive sports turn romantic involvement with the opposite sex into a sort of competitive sport which invariably reduces women to pieces of meat who are used to score points- he suggests that the stereotypical behavior of how men treat women is derived from a private social situation which revolves around maintaining a facade of rugged, unemotional behavior towards women and turn them into sexual conquests used to compete against each other
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