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When the private becomes so very public: The case of Caster Semenya
By Rachael Liberman As the controversy surrounding 18-year-old Caster Semenya’s gender (note the incorrect usage of “gender” as opposed to “sex”) verification test continues to raise questions about...
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Football and Brain Damage, or How American Masculinity Ravages Men’s Bodies
Source: Wikimedia Commons Earlier this year, many retired football players and their families filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL. The complaint states that the NFL hid evidence of the dangers...
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Connecting the Dots: The Politics of Race in Big Time Football’s 2013 Offseason
By A. Smith [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Football season is upon us, and there are plenty of reasons why this moment in big time football is very intriguing from a sociological perspective....
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The elusive gay male soccer player in Germany – Homophobia and Solidarity
“Fans against Homophobia” display in the stadium of German soccer club Mainz 05, celebrating the 5 year anniversary of their LG(BT?)-fan club. [Source:...
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The Spectacle and Politics of Globalized Sports
This month the 22nd Winter Olympic Games began in Sochi, Russia. The spectacle of the event has captivated persons from around the world to tune into watch their favorite sport or favorite athletes....
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Shifting Hegemonic Masculinity? Gay Male Athletes and Discourses of Masculinity
By mariselise derivative work: Steffaville [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.The NBA has its first openly gay player in Jason Collins, and the NFL will follow soon, as former college player Michael...
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Understanding Society through Soccer? Fan Cultures, Identities and Politics
[By Porcielcrosa [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.]Although soccer (or ‘football’ as it is known in most places globally) still lags behind the four ‘major’ sports of American football,...
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The Marathon and Gender Equality
By Richard Smith from Bowen Island, Canada (Chicago Marathon – the start) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Last week marked the first installment of the...
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Throwing like a Girl? The Case for Gender Similarity in Sports
Source: Nathan Rupert (SD) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.Finally, it’s almost summer. And as the weather gets better, more and more social life in my neighborhood shifts outside to the street. As...
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Football, nostalgia and when heroes become zeroes.
Source: http://www.marca.com/2014/06/19/revista_de_prensa/1403156322.html Spain’s defeat this week in the World Cup sees the World and European champions knocked out and booked onto an early flight...
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