1. The Athletic Patriarchy
... "NFL executives respond to Michael Sam's coming out with cynical homophobia." McDonough explains that Michael Sam came out as gay, and the coaches and NFL spokesmen were less than thrilled. Many of the spokesmen responded with extremely homophobic comments, including one that stated being ... gay is not acceptable in the world of NFL because "it'd chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room" ( ... the other hand, when a female athlete comes out, it is never as big of a deal. In Sam Borden's article, "Female star comes out as gay, and sports world shrugs," he explains that t...
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- Approx Pages: 5
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate