Peer Review

Hi, I really enjoyed reading your discussion on this topic, hegemonic masculinity certainly has a negative impact on women. You mention that practices that put men in a dominant position whereas women are put into a subordinate role is one way of looking at hegemonic masculinity, my question is what might the impacts of this notion be for women? Perhaps you could compare hegemonic masculinity in men's hockey to women's hockey, what are the differences in terms of the roles played by each? I liked that you mentioned that with the current hegemonic form of masculinity in the current society, we are socialized to think of men to put in positions to control dominance and to show no fear, are there any implications of this? Also, I really enjoyed your discussion of the role of the enforcer and how it can mentally affect an individual, it was something I never really thought about until now. My last suggestion is that maybe you could add an intersectional approach to this topic; are there many professional hockey players of colour and different ethnicities, if not, why and make connections to how hegemonic stability is linked to race and ethnicity. Overall, I think you did a good job in your discussion!