Masculinity Through Sports

Boys to Men: How Boys Develop Masculinity Through Sports As an eighteen year-old student athlete at Skyline College, I am fortunate enough to witness the significant role that sports play in developing more masculinity in young men. Masculinity pertains to the qualities traditionally attributed to the ordinary male, such as boldness, strength and a fearless attitude. Most young men, who participate in sports, are usually influenced to show the expected masculine qualities of other men …

…as their masculinity is demonstrated throughout the game. Coaches are role models toward young men so they set the standards and are the example of what a man should be like. When the child has grown up to a man, he can look at this positive masculine influence that he received from sports and apply this to his life. That is how from playing sports, learning masculinity can teach you to become a better man.