Football Game

This game they call football here in the States shows us exactly what role masculinity plays in our society. Football is a sport where a team of all men, very large men at that, beat the crap out of each other for 60 minutes trying to score points on each others goals at opposite ends of a 100 yard field. Events like these trace back thousands of years, but this one belongs to us. Not many other places in the world do they have events that gather seventy thousand plus people to watch such a barbaric showing of testicular fortitude. Sure, there were the Gladiator matches in ancient Rome and similar events around the world, but those would not go over to well in today’s society. Football is becoming one of America’s greatest past times. It’s a time for family to congregate on the couch, and a time for friends to have a little fun on Sundays. I think this event shows us just how competitive and aggressive we are here in America, but also shows us how important our families and social occurrences can be. I love this place.