Sociology 2191A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Chronic Pain, Extreme Measures, Tie Domi

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2191A/B
• Professor: Hamelnick

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Use of excessive physical force which causes or has the potential to cause harm or destruction. Verbal or physical actions grounded in an intent to dominate, control, or do harm to another person. Rates of sports violence do not automatically decrease over time. Commercialization, professionalization, and globalization have given rise to new forms of instrumental and dramatic violence. Modern sports were developed as more rule governed activities than the physical games in previous eras. Goal oriented and entertainment oriented violence has increased. Dunning: goal is to create tension rather than to relieve or discharge it, reproduce an ideology that naturalizes the power of men over women. Physical practices that are common in certain sports. Practices that violate the rules of the game. Accepted by most players and coaches as conforming to the sport ethic. Public pressure to increase the severity of sanctions has increased. Practices that violate the formal rules of the game, public laws, and informal norms by players.