rew a ball to his father and because a the way Adam threw the ball his father told him he threw like a girl and began to ridicule him for it. Thus causing Adam to feel more feminine and less a part of the athletic masculine culture he admired everyday. Today Adam is working in the business field and still expresses no interest in sports, but does still seek out relationships. Though he has had several girlfriends in his adulthood he says that he still feels very feminine and is beginning to see himself as a totally homosexual male seeking a large and very masculine partner.The Steve, or athletic sideIn the same book that Connell (2000) interviewed Adam he interviewed a man by the name of Steve Donoghue. Steve is a very athletic person and epitomizes the stereotypical athletes life, and his early years were almost the complete opposite of Adams. Connell asked Steve many of the same questions that he asked Adam and a marked difference was found when asking about Steves family. Steve was almost totally raised by his mother, something that would lead me to think that he would have more feminine characteristics, and would be less interested in sports. But this was definitely not the case, throughout his childhood he participated in any sport that he could and showed and an exceptional amount of athletic ability in football (soccer), which in Australia is a huge sport. Steves ability in football brought also helped to bring him popularity and many male friends throughout high school.Steve talked about how much easy it was for him to make new friends and have sexual relationships throughout his secondary school years because of his athletic ability. And unlike Adam he never mentions feeling inferior to the other boys of his peer group, or having any kind of dissatisfaction with his body. He instead talks about the exact opposite with other males of his age being intimidated and even jealous of him due to his size and athletic ability...
