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I get mad when my team don't perform up to their expectations. But yelling, screaming and acting childish I don't do. Those that do usually have something to lose, a bet.
Additionally, if curse words are spoken by women, it often makes men slightly uncomfortable: strong language consists of "power words" and at some primitive level, are supposed to be reserved for men.
Though I'm an ardent feminist in terms of equal pay for equal work, opposition to domestic violence, support and respect for women and girls, and a host of such principles, in my experience men and women are quite different, and in ways deeper than mere socialization.
In the first Godfather film, the Michael Corleone character makes a statement something like 'there are things that have been going on between men and women for thousands of years. . ' And that's true. All kinds of things written deep into the genetic code based on hunting and male bonding. Probably the sports watching is relevant, as is communicating better with males if you sit side-by-side versus facing them. In hunting, men for millennia sat side-by-side, not head on.
They represent a group of men who want/need to wall up inside a childish box of primitive nonsense. I don't get it - why that interests them, and why they carry on in that way - but hey, humanity is strange. I've given up trying to understand the unexplainable.
I remember a study by the University of Georgia that showed that some men do actually experience hormonal and other physiological changes when watching a game and that the pattern mirrors the type of hormonal changes that occur in male animals who are fighting over a mate.
I think this behavior, and the reaction it brings from other family members, was the origin of the "man cave" we hear so much about these days. Men who get this way during sports just want to be able to enjoy their sports in peace.
It's not all bad. It can be a stress reliever and a way for them to bond with friends.
Right? Anyone who says that men aren't emotional has never seen a bunch of dudes watching a game.
I don't mean to come off as ignorant and generalize it but does anyone find those who watch sports, tend to be lazy with fixing things? House or car maintenance, ..etc?
Sometimes it's just fun to be loud and raucus. We used to get really loud watching the LA Lakers back in the early 80s. It was what we went to the bar for, to quaff a beer and eat and yell our heads off.
I never got into soap operas back in the 70s, but some females watched them all. Daily! I suppose that is just as mystifying to some men.
Some guys and gals are just at the extreme end of the bell curve.
Eh, I'm a female and I watch a lot of sports. I will make comments if I am watching with other people who enjoy sports as well. I don't yell, throw tantrums, or like to trash the actual athlete, though. I do think that's silly and embarrassing. noticed the larger the group of people, the rowdier some will get. They just feed of each other..
I have paced before if I'm anxious, turned a game off if frustrated, and felt "blah" after a big loss. I broke my cell phone when a basketball game went into double OT and we won at the buzzer. I jumped up and my phone came out of pocket and fell to the concrete floor (I was at the game). It totally shattered the face. It's an adrenaline rush.
I don't mean to come off as ignorant and generalize it but does anyone find those who watch sports, tend to be lazy with fixing things? House or car maintenance, ..etc?
An extreme example of the subculture would be those hooligans, now THAT is too much for me.
Google football fans hooligans. I had no idea the soccer fans had taken it to that extreme point of violence. So I suppose a couple of fat couch potatoes yelling around is nothing to lose sleep over.
I remember a study by the University of Georgia that showed that some men do actually experience hormonal and other physiological changes when watching a game and that the pattern mirrors the type of hormonal changes that occur in male animals who are fighting over a mate.
I think this behavior, and the reaction it brings from other family members, was the origin of the "man cave" we hear so much about these days. Men who get this way during sports just want to be able to enjoy their sports in peace.
It's not all bad. It can be a stress reliever and a way for them to bond with friends.
Watching competitive, and especially physical or violent, sports increases testosterone levels in men, but not in women. I doubt they get the same "effect" watching figure skating or the ballet.
That could explain some of the language and antics (if not drinking, that doesn't mean they aren't getting a "high"), but also why many women can take or leave it.
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