Sport and Socialization

Website: http://depauliaonline.com/sports/2014/10/12/depaul-womens-rugby-club-levels-the-playing-field/

As we learned on September 16th in our American Sport in the 21^st Century class, socialization is an active process of learning the culture of a society. First from the article, research has shown that sport has a positive and negative role in socialization not only between young children and their peers but between children and adults as well.  This is connected to what we learned in class.  We learned that you are socialized by many factors including your family, friends, peers, school, community, and the media.  This shows that positives and negatives in sport socialization come can in fact come from elders and peers.  Second, we learned that you never stop learning.  You are constantly being socialized.  In the article it is talking about the team coming together and socializing about the up and coming sport in America; women’s rugby.  Each woman on the team is learning about each player on their team along with the rules and norms of the sport.  Third, we learned in class that socialization involves the formation of ideas about who we are and what is important in our lives.  This is obvious in the article because those women came together and decided to make up a team based on all their common interests.