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American football has long been central to the construction of masculinity in the United States. Of the multiple masculine scripts promoting professional players' hegemonic masculine status, sacrificing one's body for the sake of sporting glory is a key tenet. Sport journalists have traditionally used their media platform to reify this social script, an act which simultaneously promotes their own masculine capital. However, this article investigates a crack in this hegemonic system. Through a media analysis of the reporting on Aaron Rodgers' self-withdrawal (after hitting his head) from an important National Football League (NFL) game, we argue that increasing cultural awareness as to the devastating effects of concussions, in the form of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, combined with a softening of American masculinity is beginning to permit some prominent players to distance themselves from the self-sacrifice component of sporting masculinity. Concerning concussions, we conclude major sport media are beginning to support the notion of health over a masculine warrior narrative.

1. Introducing the Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Sport; Rory Magrath, Jamie Cleland and Eric Anderson -- Part I: The Foundations of Masculinity and Sport.-2. Theories of men and masculinity, and their ability to account for positive change; Brittany Ralph and Steven Roberts -- 3. Arousing cheer: Exhibitionism in men's sports from Weimar to the present; Erik Jensen -- 4. 'Land of my fathers': Reflections on the evolution of a modern sports club; Campbell Williams -- 5. Sexual abuse and masculine cultures: Reflections on the British football scandal of 2016; Kevin Dixon -- Part II: Sport's Use in Making and Stratifying Men -- 6. 'It used to be brutal, now it's an art': Changing negotiations of violence and masculinity in British karate; Chloe Maclean -- 7. Figurational sociology and masculine embodiment in male physical education; Mark Mierzwinski and Philippa Velija -- 8. From powerhouses to pixies and back: boys, men, and troubled masculinity in artistic gymnastics; Aaron Gurlly -- 9. "I probably shouldn't say this, should I…but…": Mischievous masculinities as a way for men to convey reflexivity and make choices in sporting sites; Kitty Nichols -- 10. The positive impact of trans inclusion in team Sports: Men's roller derby; Dawn Fletcher -- 11. I have no idea what my body is now capable of, or should I say 'not capable of': The ageing male body in sport: To midlife and beyondMurray Drummond -- Part III: Sport, Masculinity, and the Media -- 12. "Man's game:" Media, masculinity, and early Canadian hockey; Taylor McKee and Brittany Reid -- 13. Commodification and heroic masculinity: Interrogating race and the NFL quarterback in Super Bowl commercials; Lawrence A. Wenner -- 14. "I Hate Christian Laettner" and the persistence of hegemonic masculinity and heteronormativity in sporting cultures; Nathan Kalman-Lamb -- 15. Dance diversity on YouTube: How participatory culture encourages inclusive masculinities; Craig Owen and Sarah Riley -- 16. Making American white men great again: Tom Brady, Donald Trump, and the allure of white male omnipotence in post-Obama America; Kyle Kusz -- Part IV: The Relationship Between Masculinity and Sexuality -- 17. The man on the horse: Masculinity and sexuality in British horse racing; David Letts -- 18. Masculinity and inclusive rugby in the UK; Ken Muir, Keith Parry and Eric Anderson -- 19. Association football, masculinity, and sexuality: An evolving relationship; Jamie Cleland and Rory Magrath -- 20. "They were constantly harassing us and a lot of it was to do with our sexuality": Masculinities, heteronormativity and homophobia in university-based sport; Catherine Phipps -- 21. From stoicism to bromance: millennial men's friendships Ryan Scoats and Stefan Robinson -- 22. Inclusive masculinities in American high school athletics: An ethnography; Luis Emilio Morales; Part V: International Sporting Masculinities -- 23. Developing sport in a developing nation: Gendered challenges and considerations; Kerry Wardell -- 24. Boys in rhythmic gymnastics: Gymnasts', parents' and coaches' perspectives from Southern Spain; Joaquin Piedra, Daniel Gallardo and George Jennings -- 25. Exploring the attitudes towards homosexuality of a semi-professional Swedish football team with an openly gay teammate; Connor Humphries, Lindsey Gaston, Rory Magrath and Adam White -- 26. Sport and masculinities in Sweden: Performance and the notion of gender equality; Håkan Larsson and Jesper Andreasson -- 27. Sport, masculinities and disabilities in Zimbabwe; Tafadzwa Rugoho -- 28. Turkish oil wrestling and the Western gaze: Hegemonic heteronormativity, Islamic body culture, and folk wrestling masculinities; Thomas Fabian -- 29. The reproduction of hegemonic masculinity in football fandom. An analysis of the performance of Polish ultras; Radosław Kossakowski, Dominik Antonowicz and Honorata Jakubowska -- 30. Is soccer just for machos?: The construction of masculinity in contemporary Peruvian kick-lit" stories and "kick-flicks"; Jesús Hidalgo Campos

1. Studying gays and lesbians in sport -- 2. The link between sport and homophobia -- 3. Homohysteria and declining homophobia -- 4. Openly gay athletes in high school and university sport -- 5. Openly lesbian athletes in high school and university sport -- 6. Openly lesbian and gay male athletes in recreational sport -- 7. Openly gay and lesbian elite athletes -- 8. Impact of team climate and language on gay and lesbian athletes -- 9. The impact of diminished homophobia on straight athletes -- 10. Cooling down.

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Spanish sports literature is devoid of studies investigating the voices of gay athletes. Using semi-structured interviews, the purpose of this research was to examine the contextually relevant experiences of the first-ever openly gay elite athlete in a Spanish team sport context. Our investigation covers multiple personal and institutional layers of the sporting complex, which are analysed in three ways: (a) using Troiden's notions of identity; (b) using Anderson's Inclusive Masculinity Theory; and (c) using McCormack's theory of gay discourse. Our findings reveal that coming out was a more positive experience than the athlete had expected. He experienced inclusivity from his teammates, trainers, managers and supporters. There was no physical aggression or verbal harassment. He did, however, frequently hear antigay language spoken, which he reported as not being homophobic. Our findings provide one of the few examinations of this topic outside of the USA.

In this research, utilizing data from thirty semistructured interviews, we examine how heterosexual undergraduate men compare their experiences of bromances to that of their romantic relationships (romances). We find that the increasingly intimate, emotive, and trusting nature of bromances offers young men a new social space for emotional disclosure, outside of traditional heterosexual relationships. Participants state that the lack of boundaries and judgment in a bromance is expressed as emotionally rivalling the benefits of a heterosexual romance. Our participants mostly determined that a bromance offered them elevated emotional stability, enhanced emotional disclosure, social fulfilment, and better conflict resolution, compared to the emotional lives they shared with girlfriends. Thus, this research provides an empirically grounded conceptual framework for understanding men's view of close homosocial relationships in comparison to their romantic relationship in the twenty-first century.

This article examines bisexual men's experiences of coming out across three age cohorts, and documents generational differences in the reception from friends and family regarding this disclosure. Drawing on in-depth interviews with an ethnically diverse sample of 60 openly bisexual men from the United States, we find that the oldest cohort encountered the most stereotypical views and prejudiced behaviour, while those of the youngest cohort expressed predominantly positive coming out stories. We attribute the cohort differences in these experiences to a decrease in cultural homophobia, alongside changes in the social organisation of masculinities.

This article examines bisexual men's experiences of coming out across three age cohorts, and documents generational differences in the reception from friends and family regarding this disclosure. Drawing on in-depth interviews with an ethnically diverse sample of 60 openly bisexual men from the United States, we find that the oldest cohort of bisexual men encountered the most stereotypical views and prejudiced behaviour, while those of the youngest cohort expressed predominantly positive coming out stories. We attribute the cohort differences in these experiences to a decrease in cultural homophobia, alongside changes in the social organisation of masculinities.

In this semi-structured interview research, we investigate the attitudes of 22 academy-level association football (soccer) players who are potentially on the verge of becoming professional athletes. We find that, as a result of these men belonging to a generation holding inclusive attitudes towards homosexuality, independent of whether they maintain contact with gay men, they are unanimously supportive of gay men coming out on their team. Thus, this research supports a growing body of literature suggesting that teamsport culture is no longer a bastion of homophobia in the UK. Their support includes athletes being unconcerned with sharing rooms with gay players, changing with them in the locker rooms, or relating to them on a social and emotional level. The only apprehension they maintain is that having a gay teammate might somewhat alter homosocial banter, as they would not want to offend that individual.