Next time your son comes home and tells you that his classmates are telling him that it is more manly to play football or basketball than swim, point him to the below study. Seems men with higher testosterone levels prefer one-on-one competition to group competition.
www.pranjmehta.com/.../Mehtaetal2009.pdf
All I know is that in all my years of swimming, I never saw guys whip each with towels or slap each other on their butts which is the right of passage in football. Yet, swimming is the flamboyent sport.
All I know is that in all my years of swimming, I never saw guys whip each with towels or slap each other on their butts which is the right of passage in football. Yet, swimming is the flamboyent sport.