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It is important to recognise that sport plays a role in socially constructing boys’ masculinity from an early age. However, the question that is often proffered here is where does it begin? Indeed, sport has long been regarded as a site for the development of masculine behaviours.
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Drummond, M. (2020). Boys, Sport and Physical Activity. In: Boys' Bodies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59654-3_4
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