Meanings
plural teamsports
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of team sport.
My steady regular Janko the teamsport jock is the prime example.
2003, James C. Johnstone, Quickies 3: Short Short Fiction on Gay Male Desire, page 873 more examples
However, there certainly is a tremendous amount of injury that is promoted, albeit not intentionally, in sport. This is not just in teamsport either.
2010, Eric Anderson, Adam White, Sport, Society and Social Problems: A Critical Introduction, page 71The ubiquity of teamsport participation also means that there is a great deal of peer pressure, even if not direct, for other youths to play these “games.”
2014, E. Anderson, 21st Century JocksPrevious research on competitive male teamsports has typically found high levels of homophobia, creating a hostile environment for gay athletes (Bryant, 2001; Hekma, 1998; Pronger, 1990; Wolf-Wendel et al., 2001), which has predominantly manifested through the utility of homophobic language (Burn, 2000) and violence (Connell, 1995).
2016, Rory Magrath, Inclusive Masculinities in Contemporary Football
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