Should men watch sports?

[blobfish]

I don't watch sports of any kind except the Olympics, and when I'm with other people that are talking about it (especially men), I sometimes feel left out.

Are sports and masculinity intertwined?

 

[Super-Surprise]

 

[Bert Notorius]

watching other men play sports is an odd measure of masculinity.

 

[blobfish]

Subtle jogging reference?

 

[blobfish]

watching other men play sports is an odd measure of masculinity.

Indeed. If anything, it's kinda gay, yet I am the one that's considered a pansy.

 

[Bert Notorius]

watching figure skating is an entirely different category.

 

[blobfish]

watching figure skating is an entirely different category.

I don't like figure skating, but I do like the rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Indeed. If anything, it's kinda gay, yet I am the one that's considered a pansy.

maybe the question then is how do you define masculine. i think it is evolving.

 

[girlsmiley]

It's a time for men to hang out.

It doesn't matter if you don't like cricket or rugby, it's a good time with the boys.

I know blokes who enjoy backgammon and chess and cards.

It's not about image, it's about spending quality time with your mates.

 

[jomar]

Subtle jogging reference?

No, it's a my team won sort of thing. Or she dropped something and bent over to pick it up sort of thing.

 

[Disgustipated]

Good then we are in agreement that you're all just pissing in your own faces with these lame ass responses to someone not worth the time/effort of the high and mighty....BRILLIANT CHAPS YOU ARE!!!

Fucking morons....no wonder you call yourselves liberals

I am the first man to post in this thread.

 

[Morcheeba]

Men should play sports from time to time and not just watch. All humans should.

 

[blobfish]

maybe the question then is how do you define masculine. i think it is evolving.

Well, it is always evolving. Our current concept of masculinity developed during the post war period. In the eighteenth century, the European dandy was the ideal male.

 

[jomar]

It's a time for men to hang out.

It doesn't matter if you don't like cricket or rugby, it's a good time with the boys.

I know blokes who enjoy backgammon and chess and cards.

It's not about image, it's about spending quality time with your mates.

There are certain "dont's" involved in hanging out.

 

[blobfish]

It's a time for men to hang out.

It doesn't matter if you don't like cricket or rugby, it's a good time with the boys.

I know blokes who enjoy backgammon and chess and cards.

It's not about image, it's about spending quality time with your mates.

I think it's more than that, though. Sports is something that every man is "supposed" to know. If someone asks me how some such team is doing, and I have to say "I don't follow sports", I feel a little embarrassed about it.

 

[blobfish]

I am the first man to post in this thread.

Holdover quote?

 

[blobfish]

Men should play sports from time to time and not just watch. All humans should.

I don't have any interest in playing organized sports, either.

 

[blobfish]

There are certain "dont's" involved in hanging out.

Like "don't not know sports."

 

[Morcheeba]

"A man who plays "fetch" with his pet dog yet never breaks a sweat equals dry and clammy."

- Bill Clinton

 

[whynotjustsayit]

I dig men who aren't into sports. Not that you'd care, blobby boy.

But the men who aren't into sports that I've known are usually made to feel weird about it by men who are into sports.

 

[Morcheeba]

I don't have any interest in playing organized sports, either.

Can you at least toss a Frisbee? On the beach? Away from other blobfish?

 

[girlsmiley]

I think it's more than that, though. Sports is something that every man is "supposed" to know. If someone asks me how some such team is doing, and I have to say "I don't follow sports", I feel a little embarrassed about it.

I did my own study on a group of men 40+

Should men watch sport?: Yes

Why?: Because it's fun.

Why is it fun?: Because it is.

What do you do on boxing day?: Watch cricket.

Study over, blob.

 

[blobfish]

I dig men who aren't into sports. Not that you'd care, blobby boy.

But the men who aren't into sports that I've known are usually made to feel weird about it by men who are into sports.

That's the thing; why are sports elevated above things like politics, which are far more important?

 

[blobfish]

Can you at least toss a Frisbee? On the beach? Away from other blobfish?

I can, and I play with my dog often. But I can't throw a spiralled football.

 

[whynotjustsayit]

That's the thing; why are sports elevated above things like politics, which are far more important?

Probably because sports are more fun ? And politics aren't ? That's my guess...