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=Sexual deviancy of sport stars(Tiger Woods) and the level of tolerance from society. =

toc //We can get carried away into many other related topics such as role models, violence, masculinity etc etc but we only have 10mins, // //so the more in depth we talk about these other topics the weaker and more confusing our original topic becomes // //So for the sake of brevity and conciseness, the majority of these points will not be used, and some just mentioned at a superficial level. // //There is a lot of information out there but we aren't writing a thesis on this (nor do any of us want to) // //It is a simple undergraduate sociology presentation on a simple topic within sport sociology. // //Cutting out non essential information is an important aspect for the clarity of our project! // //But the information in here is i guess to help us think about what questions and points are valid and what to include in the presentation. //

Intro/Deviance
Past players could be more sexual? sport stars allowed to be primal? Now the sexuality is just a media sexual image, look like this but dont act like this... What is athlete now? A family man, a husband, an ambassador for sport, or also outside of sport... business? allowed to be an ambassador for credit card company but if you deviate??

Media
- was it ever acceptable in the media to be a sportsman and ? past examples.. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Who can still get away with it in the media today? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do the media not cover <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other roles in society similar and can get away with it.. Maybe rock star movie star ( just stars? Can a tradie or a banker get away with it) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sport last bastion of masculinity and are women (e.g. groupies, fans) allowing sport stars power to fill that role and expect them to be like that role when they are outside sporting arena

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is positive for sport or society by the media doing this or covering this. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Obviously the media do this for money popularity but is there a positive side effect of this. A negative side effect?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Or Do the media still largely ignore this of sportsmen (not stars)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are women sportstars portrayed different, more family coverage. Any female sexual deviancy. Why/Why not?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tiger woods
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He is a golf star but what else does he represent? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Role model for blacks, casual golfers, buisnessmen, he is a familyman who worked hard to be successful. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">i.e he is more than a sportsman?? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Who was he before the scandal? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is he now? Did he become less of a sport star, or just less of a role model and now simply another deviant sport star. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shane warne
Former Cricket player <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sport star exposed in the media for his ways, seems now more normal but still a "star" or still an idol to many - so after he was caught in the media was idolized forgiven and given star role again.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Matthew Johns
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Participated in group sex on a girl with team mates at cronulla sharks (Rugby League) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Was married at the time. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">now information come out in the media 7(?) years later. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Subsequently was fired as a host from channel 9 TV show Now has his own TV show on channel 7. Forgiven?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sexual deviancy
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Media's take on this <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Who do they search for examples of this from? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How do they portray the woman(women) involved? Who is to blame? Is the other woman usually married/single/stripper/good girl/party girl? What aspect of her do they focus on and how does this (mis)represent the athlete? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Does it make the athlete look better or worse?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The past stars were expected to be sexual, violent, masculine on the field and can't switch it off when they leave the arena?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are other athletes treated different? Runners, bike riders, surfers? Non violent, not hyper-masculine <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Golf isn't "Last Bastion" of masculinity, so tiger woods why was he ? Cricket isn't so why was shane warne. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Differences in how they present themselves off the field.

Other
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other countries examples? Europe.. Japan (sumo wrestlers)... south America... Middle eastern countries? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How are atheletes from these countries expected to act or how DO they often act?