A little boy in Eastern Oklahoma is riding a bicycle for the first time, when suddenly he falls to the ground. His father running behind him tells him to get up and not to cry. A little girl from the same city is playing on the playground at school; she falls out of the swing and scraps her knee. She cries for hours, while her mother tells her, "It will be okay." From the time little boys are young they are taught to be tough, to withstand pain, and not to give in to anything. In today's society males are rewarded for aggressive and intimidating behavior. Intimidation takes place in many aspects of life, even though it is not always caused by aggressive behavior.

Athletic events always seem to reward males for aggressive and intimidating behavior. Football games are a great example of the kinds of rewards males receive for their aggressiveness. Coaches teach their p

Aggressive or intimidating behavior is seen in many different parts of life: sports, the military, business, and even politics. Some of the rewards that are given for this behavior may be questionable, such as; placing professional athletes up on a higher ground making them seem superhuman, or electing a candidate into office not because he is more qualified for the job than the other candidates, but because he is more aggressive or intimidating. Though many of these rewards are seemingly harmless, such as; letting children wear wrestling t-shirts or the attention and respect that is given to an aggressive high school football or basketball team.

layers to be physical and tough, but two of the essential elements of football are aggressiveness and intimidation. Football is an aggressive sport in many ways; a ball carrier must attack the line of scrimmage aggressively, or he will be tackled in the backfield. Defen

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