Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 077107560X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yet when accusations are levelled against the players, team managers and owners rally around to protect them, applying pressure to have the charges dropped or the accuser discredited.Junior hockey and the NHL are arenas for the display of what we consider to be ideal manhood. It often takes the form of degrading hazing rituals, many of which have violent sexual overtones, designed to take the players beyond their inhibitions and the normal limits of their aggression.Robinson shows how the institutionalized abuse in hockey turns the players themselves into abusers. From the Inside Flap The world of junior and professional hockey will never be the same since Sheldon Kennedy of the Bos
"An Intriguing Look At Some of the Excesses of Junior Hockey" according to Kirk L.. As a long time hockey player and fan, a book that brings out the darker side of hockey is not something you typically want to read, but for players and parents associated with the sport, it provides a startling account of a disturbing trend of events that have occurred in Canadian Junior Hockey over the past decade.Laura Robinson's research is woven into a gripping and graphic account of abuses of players by the coaches they trusted and of a few the female fans of the sport who have suffered from the belief that some junior players are "above the. A Customer said Disturbing Look at the State of Hockey In Canada. We all know that Canadian hockey is not what it used to be, but hockey fans were not expecting the prognosis to be this bad. Laura Robinson, a freelance journalist from Toronto, takes a look what happens in the dressing rooms and billet homes of the young men who are vying to be the next NHL superstars."Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport" is a graphic and disturbing portrait of junior hockey in this country. It tells stories of abuse from all angles - the players, the girlfriends, the one night stands, and t. The Sad Truth The game of Hockey has been glorified for years now and the goal of the players was to make it to the SHOW (NHL). Laura takes an indepth look into the darker side of this glorified sport. There were times during this book I could not help myself from crying and other times were I was infuriated with anger. Being a OHL hockey fan and female it has broughten into light how some not all of these young men have been both the abused and abusers. It shows how the shinning lights and the dream of the NHL can have deep and tramatic effects on these young
The world of junior and professional hockey will never be the same since Sheldon Kennedy of the Boston Bruins revealed that, while a junior player with the Swift Current Broncos, he was molested more than 300 times by his coach, Graham James. It may be an overwhelming pressure on players – removed from the support of their families and often living far from home – to perform and to fit in. In Crossing the Line, Laura Robinson shows how damaging it can be when the participants in this often violent spectacle are unleashed on the real world.. Yet when accusations are levelled against the players, team managers and owners rally around to protect them, applying pressure to have the charges dropped or the accuser discredited.Junior hockey and the NHL are arenas for the display of what we consider to be ideal manhood. She explains how this great sport has gone so bad, and challenges those who are a part of the world of
She has also produced, written, and researched items for CBC Radio, CBC Television, TSN, the Women’s Television Network, and the National Film Board. In 1996 she worked with the CBC’s the fifth estate to produce the documentary “Thin Ice,” which looked at initiations and sexual abuse in junior hockey. magazine. . Laura Robinson is a freelance journalist whose work on sports and gender issues has appeared in the Globe and Mail