"The clip of the USA Men's hockey team yukking it up on the phone with a rapist perfectly encapsulates how men keep kneecapping themselves with toxic masculinity.
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All these men had to do was remember they're paid to be role models and be gracious. ...
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Alas, toxic masculinity is, well... toxic. It's like sludge. You can't hide it; it always finds a way to foul a room."

#ToxicMasculinity #HealthyMasculinity #ProfessionalSport #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/how-do-we-protect-our-children-from-toxic-masculinity-in-sport/

The Ancient Therapy of Fire Cupping: A Favorite Among 2024 Olympic Athletes

#cupping #firecupping #tcm #traditionalchinesemedicine #sportsinjury #sportsrecovery #olympics #professionalsport #northernireland

>>Locker rooms on the lesser tours are full of strangers with bad tattoos. Everyone is just polite enough not to call one another out for being an asshole, but selfishness is rewarded. Everyone is in competition with one another and on the lookout for a weakness in everybody else, and players never go out of their way to make the life of a lone traveller any easier.<<

I would imagine that similarly grim but fascinating pieces could be written about life in the lower reaches of other "glamour occupations".

‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player | Tennis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun
/27/the-loneliness-of-the-low-ranking-tennis-player

#ConorNiland #Tennis #ProfessionalSport #GlamourJobs

#ProfessionalSport is a business that has a particularly strong resonance with its customers, because it can pull on real community and family ties. #FIFA #PremierLeague #football #soccer

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/soccer-football-corruption-oligarchs-cover-story-qatar-power-ball/