{"id":35701,"date":"2011-04-29T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T14:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=35701"},"modified":"2011-10-23T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T20:53:09","slug":"glorifying-violence-in-american-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/04\/29\/glorifying-violence-in-american-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorifying Violence in American Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/04\/image.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35706 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/04\/image-500x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/04\/image-500x223.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/04\/image-1024x456.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/04\/image.jpg 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in December, Carly S. sent in an <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/video\/clip?id=5890531\">ESPN video<\/a> about NFL player Bart Scott, nicknamed the &#8220;Mad Backer.&#8221; The video illustrates a number of noteworthy themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The glorification of violence, with Scott reveling in the chance to dish it out.<\/li>\n<li>Equating being able to play through pain caused by this violence as proof of masculinity &#8212; particularly disturbing given concerns about the <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/f\/football\/head_injuries\/index.html\">long-term effects the physical punishment<\/a> players take has on their health.<\/li>\n<li>Through the &#8220;Mad Backer&#8221; persona and the presence of a straight jacket and stretcher, Scott associates mental illness with violence and danger as a way to prove his own superiority on the field. Not only is he &#8220;mad,&#8221; he depicts himself as a villain who enjoys brutality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See for yourself:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><object width=\"384\" height=\"216\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/videohub\/player\/embed.swf\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/videohub\/player\/embed.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"id=5890531\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December, Carly S. sent in an ESPN video about NFL player Bart Scott, nicknamed the &#8220;Mad Backer.&#8221; The video illustrates a number of noteworthy themes: The glorification of violence, with Scott reveling in the chance to dish it out. Equating being able to play through pain caused by this violence as proof of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,2087,8092,2090,273,108,133],"class_list":["post-35701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gender","tag-gender-masculinity","tag-gender-sports","tag-gender-violence","tag-mental-illness","tag-sports","tag-violence"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35701"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40853,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35701\/revisions\/40853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}