The Myth of the Sexual Athlete

As my first blog post i felt that i should confront a very controversial and rarely touched subject that surrounds the life of sports and athletes. This issue may be hard for men to swallow and frustrating for women to live with. This very much so egotistical conflict is the MALE SEXUAL ATHLETE. I read a article about this very issue, "The Myth of the Sexual Athlete" by Don Sabo, it was not only completely true, it was also very hard as a male athlete to accept. Generally when one thinks of a sexual athlete, they would think of a egotistical, sex-crazed, committment-fearing, relationship-fearing, love-fearing, male. Sadly that assumption is the majority of the time true. Since I am a member of a collegiate football team, i am a first hand wittness of this problem. Male athletes in the locker room, on the field, and on their spare time, dont think about committments, relationships, and love, they think about the exact opposite. Sadly they think about how to "hook-up with a chic", how to get laid, how to get with a girl and not feel "obligated" to get in a reltionship. Now I am no god, i do engage in the conversations about this subject with the guys. But I am going to be honest, i have been raised very well, tought to treat women with respect, and never use a girl for sexual needs. I don't live by that "typical" male athlete mentality, i am one who does value relationships, love, and committments. It is one thing to talk and joke around about the sex talk, but its another thing to actually live it. Sex talk in male sports is going to be around forever, it is like a religion, once its started and been kept up for so long, it cant be stopped. There are also other male athletes who have the same mentality out there as me, but they are hard to find, because male self discipline in the athletes sexual world is hard to come by.