After a long, hard-fought battle, Germany took home its fourth World Cup. It's the first time Germany has taken the cup since 1990, when the West German team won with a 1-0 victory over Argentina. After losing, riot rocks Buenos Aires last Sunday night, just as Brazilian fans burnt buses in Sao Paulo after being defeated against Germany 7-1, deeply wounding Brazilian soccer pride. The World Cup goes to the only one final winner in competition. If you lose, you're out. Then why are people so mad? I think violence in aftermath implies not only the anger over losing in national rivalry but also the struggle for hegemonic masculinity. The picture for men has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. More women than men are going to college, and the economy is moving away from jobs that traditionally favored men, like manufacturing and mining. Attitudes have also changed on the social front, with young men having more egalitarian attitudes toward women and expectations of being involved fathers. There used to be issues coming from feminism activists. But now we can even see the first International Conference on Men's Issues held in Detroit. All these social phenomena represent the crisis of hegemonic masculinity. Unlike the Olympics, the soccer has its origin in England's repulsion of Danish invaders during Victorian colonialism; it makes sense to regard that it has qualities of violence and warfare in its tone. If the scoring and winning allow men to exert manliness in a non-war setting, the World Cup represents the venue for the assertion of masculinity.
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 The US Federal Reserve has warned of "stretched valuations" in social media and biotechnology firms as part of chair Janet Yellen's semi-annual report in front of Congress. The warning sent US indexes down, with shares of social media firms such as Yelp plunging. (BBC) |
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The unaccompanied children now coming here from Central America are under 6 years old. A 6 year old is not here looking for work. So, you have to unravel the strands of the story for a better understanding of what's happening now and the factors that make this a crisis. (ABC)
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America's young people, as a group, are becoming more out of shape with every passing year, regardless of their family's economic situation, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. (NYT)
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Bearing a haunting resemblance to January's brutally cold weather pattern, a deep pool of cool air from the Gulf of Alaska will plunge into the Great Lakes early next week and then ooze towards the East Coast. (WP)
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The match averaged a 9.7 overnight rating, the third-highest metered market rating for any World Cup match on the ESPN networks and ABC on record, according to Nielsen. (Forbes)
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First came the Koreans, followed by the dog lovers, the cricket players, the wine aficionados, the food trucks and antique cars... the park has gradually lived up to the original vision that planners had of creating the equivalent of a Central Park for Bergen County. But with complaints from neighboring residents about traffic, trash and noise... (North Jersey)
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