Problem: Why are the rates of violence in men's sports higher than in women's sports? Need Assignment Help?
It is important to understand that such violent expressions of deviant over conformity to the norms of the sport ethic are not limited to men, even though they are more common in men's as opposed to women's sports. Women also over conform to the norms of the sport ethic, and when they play contact sports, they face the challenge of drawing the line between assertive physicality and violence. For example, when sociologist Nancy Theberge (1999) studied the experiences of women on an elite ice hockey team in Canada, she discovered that the women were drawn to the game's physicality, even though body checking was not allowed.