‘No pain, no gain!’

Male violence is common throughout the world. Media use male violence to represent masculinity in many cases such as action movies. (O’shaughnessy & Stadler 2007: 357). Violence is often used as a problem solving strategy towards other men, woman, children, animals, objects etc.Violence is one of the main issues the world, especially South Africa, facing.

O’shaughnessy & Stadler also refer to ‘self-destruction’, violence is not always towards other people. This is found in the culture of sport - ‘No pain, no gain.’

(She has been a victim of a possible 'problem solving strategy')

O’shaughnessy, M & Stadler, J. 2007. Ideologies and Discourses of Masculinity. In: Media and Society. Oxford University Press.

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