Jenkins develops the idea of an unadulterated, although not naive, joy in sports values. These values are largely male-oriented in Semi-Tough, but they are also human values: the pleasure of competition, fair play, and team loyalty. Buried underneath the locker room horseplay, there is a complex fabric of affection and unspoken male bonding that makes race differences, the cynicism that arises from being treated as an object, and wild disparities in intelligence and skill peripheral.
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