Dog fighting #2

Abstract: This study examines the issue of masculinity indogfighting. Dogfighting is an illegal gaming sportcentered in the Southern United States. The data for this study were obtained via ethnographic fieldwork over a period of two years. Interviews wereconducted with 31 dogmen, approximately 90% of whom werewhite males. In addition the authors attended 14dogfights and numerous pre-fight meetings. We argue that specific elements of this sport representsymbolic attempts at attaining and maintaining honor andstatus, which, in the (predominantly white, male,working-class) dogfighting subculture, are equated with masculine identity. We further argue thatpursuit of symbolic masculinity through dogfighting ismore important to working-class men, who possess feweralternative avenues for achieving status than do middle-class or professional men. Theimplications of this research for the larger culture ofmasculinity in the United States are alsoexplored.


**This article is saying that men who enjoy watching dog fighting are usually men who want it for their reputations. Also that since there is so much dog fighting in the world, it's going to be hard to get rid of it.

Dog fighting

This is a picture of two dogs fighting. To me this is very disturbing and it should be a strictly enforced law to not allow dog fighting. There are some laws out there about dog fighting, but they aren't strictly enforced well enough to keep people like me satisfied.

Antisocial Cruelty

http://jiv.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/14/9/963


What this link is saying is that usually when there is somebody that shows harm to animals usually tend to grow into showing it into humans. When the criminal records of 153 animal abusers and 153 control participants were tracked and compared, animal abusers were more likely to commit property offenses, drug offenses, and public disorder offenses. What do you think about this behavior?

animal cruelty

Here is a video link of animal cruelty.
It is pretty bad so if you can't handle much violence then i advise you not to watch it.

http://s216.photobucket.com/albums/cc2/tjcurrey/animal/?action=view&current=ae305c84.pbr

hey, my names alisha and i'm not no professional at doing blogs. I've never done a blog like this before. I've done a different type on myspace; so i am new at this. Some of the things that i have in mind about doing my blogs about are

• animal cruelty
• school dress codes
• racism issues
• gay marriage

I think i want to do my blogs on animal cruelty.