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Recommended: State the importance of leisure

Leisure to me refers to a personal attitude where free time is voluntarily spent doing activities one considers as fun. A leisure activity for me is listening to new songs because it relaxes my mind and serves as a distraction from the stress of everyday life. Since music is an universal language, enjoying music can cross sexes, cultures, races, and incomes, but other forms of leisure may necessarily not. The type of sports a person participates in can be influenced by gender and societal expectations. Men are socialized to be masculine and aggressive while women are socialized to be feminine and docile. Studies have indicated men show greater interest in watching football, basketball, soccer, and baseball on television, while women have greater preference for gymnastics and figure skating (Russell, 2009, pg. 61). Ethnicities can also dictate leisure choices. A study that investigated the relationship between race on adolescent peer group approval of 20 leisure activities, provided evidence that Blacks have stronger approval for playing basketball, going to the mall, and dancing, while Whites prefer soccer, camping, and fishing (Russell, 2009, pg. 62). Cultures can also influence leisure choices. Asian cultures typically value collectivism and family relationships as opposed to the U.S. which values individualism. Thus, children from Asian cultures typically face greater restriction in the activities they are allowed to participate in. Individuals from these cultures require approval of their parents and are not typically granted as much freedom as Caucasians who are generally more lenient in what they allow their children to do. Money also can restrict leisure participation, so people of different incomes tend to participate in d...

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...ns of women needing to look a certain way to be considered beautiful. We turn to popular culture primarily for entertainment, “amusement provided by someone or something else that diverts and holds attention” (Russell, 2009, pg. 186). The biggest example of entertainment this year is Miley Cyrus. Whether or not you respect her as an artist, controversy over her new image and her raunchy and arguably inappropriate performance on the VMAs, made her a much talked about subject. People are interested in what she will do next as evidenced by her second single, “Wrecking Ball” being the fastest YouTube video to have over 100 million videos. This video which depicts her posing nude on a wrecking ball and licking a hammer, currently has close to 400 million videos. Miley Cyrus and her outlandish behaviors serve as prime examples of how we value controversy as entertainment.

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