Term Definitions

Gendered Language: the use of a certain words or phrases that fosters divisions in the roles of men and women. By attaching the modifiers male/female before a job occupation, this creates distinctions on what is a "normal" career path for each gender. An example can be taken from the riddle in It's All for the Kids: where a man hits a boy with his car, only to realize that the boy is his son; but when he takes the boy to the hospital, the doctor claims "Oh God! I can't do surgery on this boy! He's my son!" This example shows that the general assumption that doctors are men, where in the riddle, the doctor is actually the boy's mother.
Teddy Bear Coach: men who coach at the youngest level of youth sports. They tend to be men with the highest level of kids-knowledge relative to the other coaching types, who have higher technical-knowledge. Coaches at this level tend to squat down and mute the level of their voices in order to seem less threatening to the children. These coaches take on the role of nurturer in order to foster a positive environment for the children. However, some men choose not to coach the younger levels for these very reasons. An example of this would be Messner's use of Doug Berger, a coach who refrained from coaching younger levels because he was uncomfortable with the feminine context in which these coaches had to interact with children.