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Conditional self-worth- concept that people, especially atheletes, values themselves differently under a certain condition. For athlete this could be whether they played well or not in there last game
Messner: your only as good as your last game


Suppression of empathy- concept that highly affects men. Men are encouraged to suprssed any form of sympathy for others because it shows weakness and vulnerability- not commonly held masculine traits.
This is shown in football and the NFL


The pain principle- concept that it is engrained in men to tolerate as much pain as possible and fight through it in order to be masculine and “tough.” This was displayed when Messner talked about how NFL players become legendary for their toughness, and recognized for their tolerance of pain.

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Right to life v. pro choice- conflict in the stance of whether or not abortions should be legal or not. Pro life people advocate the person has rights to life when they are conceived whereas pro choice people see it that a woman should have power over her own body and that that a fetus only become a person after it is viable, and could survive with the mother’s body
Ex: This debate is very important in terms of poverty because impoverished women may have less children if abortion is known of and available.

Moral absolutism v. Moral Relativism- refers to the debate as to whether there are universal, natural principles with hold a common moral truth, or whether there are conditional moral truths relative to ones situation and influences.