CW: gambling, addiction, toxic masculinity.
Is the legalization and integration of sports betting into mainstream sports media leading to increased toxic masculinity in the sports community?
Okay, I understand this isn’t an undergrad liberal arts course, but hear me out for a second. It’s International Women’s Month, after all. As a woman in the sports space, I face toxic masculinity on the daily, and the sad part is that most of the time, the people perpetuating it don’t even realize what they are doing.
It’s the looks I get when I say I’m at the game as a member of the media, or the way male fans glare at me when they see the credential around my neck.