tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100987.post113986907298151833..comments2024-01-12T15:30:29.411-05:00Comments on After Atalanta: Smile for the patriarchal, homophobic masseskenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09975351996302093224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100987.post-1140028790203041902006-02-15T13:39:00.000-05:002006-02-15T13:39:00.000-05:00ken I think you're on to something and should do m...ken I think you're on to something and should do more research on this.<BR/><BR/>I recently read a bunch of articles about how the media covers women sports (many of which actually focus on Olympic coverage, which usually affords side-by-side comparison between the coverage of men and women competing in identical contexts) <BR/><BR/>I read that male sportscasters are anxious/threatened by women's athletic success, so in order to protect the hegemonic masculinity of sport, they tend to infantilize, humorize, or sexualize women athletes. The smiling thing seems to be a little bit of all three.<BR/><BR/>Of course, that idea only works in the context of how our culture has decided to read smiling. Showing your incisors could just as easily connote being out for blood, a connotation that would be far more compatible with hockey. <BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100987.post-1139976534285478852006-02-14T23:08:00.000-05:002006-02-14T23:08:00.000-05:00I will say that CBC has been pretty good about tha...I will say that CBC has been pretty good about that. I have not watched every minute (the Canada games have been dull) but I have not heard the announcers comment once about a player's appearance.Amateurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231031426264837427noreply@blogger.com