Bigger, Stronger, Faster*: Sports, Steroids, and Masculine Pressures
Film Screening & Discussion
Christopher Bell’s 2008 documentary examines performance enhancing drug use, bodybuilding subculture, masculine norms, and America’s obsession with winning.
The film screening will be followed by a discussion about some of the pressures boys and men face with respect to managing a masculine identity in American society. In particular, part of the discussion will focus on the stress associated with managing a competent masculine identity within the social world of competitive sports participation and how it is associated with substance abuse, violence, and diminished health.
Dr. Philip Veliz, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Sport, Health & Activity Research & Policy Center (SHARP), will lead the discussion.
In collaboration with the LSA Theme Semester on Sport & the University. #LSAsport
Pizza will be served.
The film screening will be followed by a discussion about some of the pressures boys and men face with respect to managing a masculine identity in American society. In particular, part of the discussion will focus on the stress associated with managing a competent masculine identity within the social world of competitive sports participation and how it is associated with substance abuse, violence, and diminished health.
Dr. Philip Veliz, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Sport, Health & Activity Research & Policy Center (SHARP), will lead the discussion.
In collaboration with the LSA Theme Semester on Sport & the University. #LSAsport
Pizza will be served.
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