Describe how excitement for men’s sports is typically generated and maintained. Compare this to the portrayal of women’s sports.
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Men’s sports are typically presented with far more enthusiasm and excitement, the commentators consistently deploying vocal inflections, high-volume excitement, and evocative descriptors. By contrast, when women’s sports are covered at all, they are presented in a “matter-of-fact” style with brief and bland afterthought. The general lack of an excited tone and agentic language in most of the reporting on women’s sports helps to mark women’s sports as less interesting and, in many instances, even boring.
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