Manly Sports
Sports - one of those activities that seems to have benefits in all kind of dimensions. It strengthen body and soul, develops and trains discipline, strengthens the ability to coordinate within groups and play as a team. Any discussion of its social function can produce an impressive long list of benefits sports can have for society.
This seems to be the case especially for manly sports. It allows young men to develop through play and effort, using their physical strength as well as their intelligence; and all this in a fair play where rules are set and respected. Thus sports seems to be the more healthy form to express masculine emotions, then the physical disputes and fights that might be the result of an over-boarding of testosterone in a society.
To observe different forms of sports across cultures can become an fascinating exercise in understanding how these societies form a view of the body, the way of cooperation, rules and restrictions as well as the role of men.
