Modern society is surrounded with media, such as magazines, that depicts a certain body image; a body image that is “beefy and muscled.” The author then states that statistics “show an alarming number” of younger men using steroids to obtain this idealized look, but this is not the only concern. Eating disorders in men are on the rise and more men are seeking plastic surgery procedures. McClelland writes, “The emphasis on the beefcake look has evolved.” Author, Signorile, and philosopher, Pronger say that all types of men, gay and straight, are becoming more interested in changing their body image and published reports say they are spending more money and time than women in all areas related to fitness. McClelland then takes us back to the issue of media. She describes the new trend of using “bulkier versions” of past male models by big companies, such as Nike and Marlboro.
Such as steroids, that improves athlete’s performance increasing 40 percent the chances of winning each games. In fact, medical arguments against of using enhancing drugs because it can cause major health risk to the human body and increase behaviors. Every competitive sport has rules to be follow. They created to ensure a fair game and an even playing field for all competitors. An anti-doping program in the U.S tries to prevent sport athlete from cheating; unfortunately, became less strict often blocked by unions and contracts.
To understand why athletes have turned to such extreme measures, one must know more about performance enhancing drugs. Performance-enhancing drugs are substances used by athletes to improve their performances in the sports in which they engage. These drugs are known as anabolic-androgen steroids or just anabolic steroids and are taken by athletes “ to increase their muscle mass and strength”(CNN). However, there is an anabolic steroid that is already produced in the male body which is called testosterone. Testosterone has two main effects on the body, androgenic and anabolic.
Some of baseball members, and there fans believe that using these muscle enhancers and steroids will ruin the game of baseball forever. This making it a home run hitting contest everyday, instead of the classic small ball plays used back in the day. The problem stands with the current investigation being handled. The league will have a hard time penalizing Bonds or any other athlete for steroid use if he has used illegal steroids before September, 2003, which is when Major League Baseball set up its drug policy (News services. Chicago Tribune.
Jacob Santiago Mrs. Murphy 4/18/12 Steroids In Baseball Steroids do not just effect the players in baseball they also effect the fans. Steroids have the most effect on the players of the game. Steroids can also effect the fans of the game. There have been many controversies about how the statistics where being made for players who are using steroids. Finally does steroids has a major effect on the players skill or is it just the skill of the game that is making people so much better?
Physicians treat sexual dysfunctions in males and females using testosterone therapy in men and women. This therapy does help increase the desire for sexual activity in some cases. Viagra is used for men and usually is successful, the results of Viagra for women has not been as successful as for men (Nevid, & Rathus, 2005). As discussed before phases of sexual response cycle are excitement phase, plateau phase, the orgasmic phase, and the resolution phase. Each of these phases plays an important part of a healthy sexual relationship.
Dillingham states that steroids are a form of cheating creating an unfair advantage to those who take them breaking the social contract athletes have implicitly agreed to: We are going to have a fair contest (Dillingham 91). GH abuse became an important issue in 1988 when Ben Johnson’s won the 100 m final at the Olympic Games in Seoul (Richard I.G. Holt 86). Society would soon become to consider the use of GH as a form of cheating. The use of performance enhancement drugs increases the amount of testosterone in the user’s body, which aide’s intense exercise training to build body mass at a
Facial grimaces, spasms of the hands and feet happen when there is muscle tension, which is called myotonia. There are similarities and differences in males and females in each phase of the sexual response cycle. In the first phase, the excitement phase, there are many physical changes that happen with our bodies. In males an erection can occur when sexual stimulation begins within three to eight seconds, sometimes longer. When an erection occurs, blood rushes into the caverns of the penis causing engorgement and creates an erection.
Commercials such as the Hanes commercials show off guys with nearly perfect bodies and make anyone who doesn’t look like him feel like he is not good enough. Since men are constantly wanting to be stronger, some resort to anabolic steroids. Researchers have found that even though the steroids increase muscle mass, bigger does not necessarily mean stronger. Steroids cause many negative side effects, such as decrease in the production of lipoproteins and an increase in risk of heart attacks, strokes, and liver disease (Angier). One effect is increased levels of estrogen in the body, which leads to female-like breast tissue.
The male’s response in the excitement phase is a little different. When a male is sexually aroused within a few seconds they develop and erection, the scrotal skin thickens and the testes become enlarged. During this phase male and females do share some similar response such as the “rosy sex flush” that the skin takes on. Heart rate and blood pressure increase and the nipples in both sexes become erect. The next phase of the sexual response cycle is referred to as the plateau phase.