One word aptly describes the sport of professional wrestling: hypermasculinity.
Wrestlers train intensely, eat a specific diet and use body-enhancing supplements to achieve the perfect male physique. They are likened to Grecian and Roman gladiators who exemplify the standard of masculinity. Those standards include rejecting “lesser” masculinities.
Recently, however, GLAAD—the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation—has criticized the sport for this rejection, stating that bullying is likely to result. Their complaints came as a result of John ...
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