KINE 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Muscular Christianity, Head Of Mission, Brendon Ayanbadejo
10 Apr 2014
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Pg 2: normative masculinity in high-performance sport mirrors attitudes/values found in patriarchal capitalist societies. They (sex and sexuality) are regulated by social codes and mores (customs) which constitute our morality. : sex and sexuality, like everything in society, are neither normal nor imaginative (decency). ways. Morality is shaped by the mode of production in society. Influenced by political, historical and economical: abdel-shehid says our society fears differences and privileges sameness. The constant production of sameness is creating a constant denial of difference. So national sporting cultures produce normative insiders and outsiders: normal is defined negatively as something that is not deviant, being different is sometimes seen as a threat. Abdel-shehid refers to this as disavowal: the fear of difference often results in hostility by those who think they are normal. Policing people into being normal is one way power is maintained.
