tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605871868266919044.post8413170443170310628..comments2022-10-02T08:32:29.724+01:00Comments on A Sporting Insight: Changing masculinities in sportJedGorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788313026014574377noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605871868266919044.post-89229767690853791532013-02-13T19:01:58.690+00:002013-02-13T19:01:58.690+00:00I'm not sure this is always an import from ...I'm not sure this is always an import from 'softer masculinity', although this is definitely the case in some circumstances. Diving seems to have originated abroad, although plenty of home-grown players now are some of the biggest culprits e.g Rooney, Young, Bale etc. Society in general has become rather easy-going, especially in this country and I agree that many people do seem to cruise along and just hope for the best. Rugby could have less play-acting, like you say, because of its culture. It did not turn fully professional until the late 1980s and has recently held a greater standing for fair play and sportsmanship than football. JedGorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788313026014574377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605871868266919044.post-56114089409626025212013-02-13T16:44:05.976+00:002013-02-13T16:44:05.976+00:00Really enjoyed this post, sport is always going mi...Really enjoyed this post, sport is always going mirror society in a wider context it just seems to always be one step behind. I was wondering where you see diving and exaggeration of contact in football. We're infuriated as a player appears to fall down at the brush of a feather and proceeds to writhe around in agony. Is this an import from 'softer masculinity'? I don't think it could be as in rugby no player would allow themselves to look as if their opponent has got the better of them in any way. If sport does mirror society then why has football mirrored the fact that in society when the going gets tough we don't suck it up and try and get the better of the but instead metaphorically fall to the turf and hope we get our own way? Why only football and not rugby?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com