... right the way down to local sports clubs and voluntary organisations. Individual sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and tennis and team sports such as football (in Britain) and ice hockey and American football (in the US), all place an abundance of emphasis on child athletes and star prodigies. All of which Coakley (1998), clearly sees as just a way of "making ... abuse. In January 1997, Graham James was jailed for three years after being convicted of sexually abusing three of his young players. He was coach of three junior Hockey teams in the Western Hockey League in Canada. One...

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... say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than ... that pornography only offers a one-dimensional view to life; that women are seen as nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be pointed out that events such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse races and operas ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than ... that pornography only offers a one- dimensional view to life; that women are seen as nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be pointed out that events such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse races and operas...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than ... that pornography only offers a one- dimensional view to life; that woman are seen as nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be pointed out that event such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse races and operas ...

• Word Count: 2679
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than ... that pornography only offers a one- dimensional view to life; that women are seen as nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be pointed out that events such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse races and operas...

• Word Count: 2641
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than ... that pornography only offers a one- dimensional view to life; that women are seen as nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be pointed out that events such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse races and operas...

• Word Count: 2647
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than ... that pornography only offers a one-dimensional view to life; that women are seen as nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be pointed out that events such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse races and operas ...

• Word Count: 2759
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• Grade Level: High School

... in other parts of the world. I know I was both shocked and appalled when reading that in Boston, Massachusetts in July 2000 a father who was watching his son's hockey game beat another father with a hockey stick. The other father died as a result of the injuries sustained in the brawl. Can you imagine being a young child playing sport then looking to the sidelines to ... ...

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... its exhilarating tackles, disturbing injuries and for being an all around good game. Rugby, is an league of its own, the sport is sully based on the element of violence. Hockey, another high contact sport contains a lot of hitting, checking, fighting, and almost anything else in regards to that genre that comes to mind. To comment on this, an excess of ... the sport thrives on contact. There is no chance contact can be taken out or even reduced in this sport. If you can play this sport, your once tough cookie. Hockey contains somewhat less contact then rugby and football, though the vio...

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... give to them? "Fans have a thirst for violence and studies show that, within limits, as aggression goes up, so does viewership (Peterson)." Sports such as football, boxing, or hockey would be nothing that they are today without the violence they give. The level of aggression and physicality these sports have is what boost ratings and keep people interested in ... ...

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... outrageous behavior. Instead of nicknames like "Magic- Johnson and "Doctor J,"" we increasingly see names like "Diesel,"" "The Sniper,"" and "AK47-. The marked increase in violence in such sports as ice hockey, football, and even in basketball is a result of audience enthusiasm for circuses. This can be directly related to the penetration of television into all visual experiences. The vocabulary used in ... ...

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... that pornography only offers a one-dimensional view to life; that women are seen as nymphomaniacs who are hysterically addicted to sex. It should be pointed out that events such as hockey games, boxing matches, horse races and operas all offer a one-dimensional view of life. One does not attend an opera hoping to see a horse race. The underlying problem here is ... ...

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