Unraveling Desire and Danger: Why ‘Rough House’ Will Keep You Turning Pages Late Into the Night
Miller also indicts the remorseless corporate exploitation of these living human action figures. Before the reader can eyeroll and reflexively dismiss pro wrestling as the pathetic province of stupid sweaty steroidal studs in spandex — pro wrestling as the last best proof of testosterone’s toxicity — Miller reveals that World Wrestling Entertainment “pegs female viewership at 40 percent.” Moreover, Miller contends that the reason behind fewer women entering pro wrestling than men has “nothing to do with sexism, but supply and demand… women wrestling stars are more expensive because they are fewer, and they are fewer largely because of the demographics and demands of women in the workplace and as mothers.”
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