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Taboo Recreation

Taboo Recreation. Overview of Today’s Session _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ . Can Leisure Destroy Life?. Can Leisure Destroy Life?.

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Taboo Recreation

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  1. Taboo Recreation Overview of Today’s Session • _____________________________________________________ • _____________________________________________________ • _____________________________________________________

  2. Can Leisure Destroy Life?

  3. Can Leisure Destroy Life? • ______________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________

  4. Facts • ______________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________

  5. Taboo Recreation • Pastimes that are forbidden by law, custom or belief. (Russell, 1995)

  6. Taboo Recreation • Those pursuits in leisure deemed inappropriate, socially unacceptable, or illegal by society that results in tradition.

  7. Purple Recreation • “Acts and pursuits that bring a degree of pleasure or escape to the participants, but which suggest gross self-indulgence, greed, immorality, or cruelty and arouse repugnance in most of the remainder of society.” (Curtis, 1979)

  8. What is Purple Recreation? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  9. What is Purple Recreation? • ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  10. Marginal Recreation • “Leisure-time activities that are of questionable or of borderline morality-if not actually illegal-and that are therefore referred to as ‘marginal’ recreation activities.” (Kraus, 1990)

  11. Controversy • __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  12. “Recreation is not only good for individuals, it is also good for society.” (Rossman, 1995)

  13. Nash’s Pyramid • __________________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________________

  14. “Recreation is a worthwhile, socially accepted leisure experience. (Hutchinson, 1951)

  15. Taboo Recreation Labels • Taboo Sex: • _____________________________________________ • _____________________________________________ • _____________________________________________ • _____________________________________________ • _____________________________________________ • _____________________________________________ • _____________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________

  16. Social Taboo’s • Taboos differ in societies and also change over time. • Can you think of any social taboos…different values that some do not think is right? • ________________ • ________________ • ________________ • ________________ • ________________ • ________________

  17. What About Taboo Recreation • __________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________

  18. Taboo Recreation Labels • Injuring Self: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Compulsive overuse • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • ________________________________ • ________________________________ • ________________________________ “People believe these activities are wrong”

  19. Taboo Recreation Labels • Injuring Others:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • ______________________ • ______________________ • ______________________

  20. Why do people engage in unacceptable behaviors? • ___________________________________________ • ___________________________________________ • ___________________________________________ • ___________________________________________

  21. Types of Vandalism • Overuse vandalism- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Conflict vandalism- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • No-other-way-to-do-it vandalism________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Inventive vandalism______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Curiosity vandalism- ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  22. Types of Vandalism • Self-expression vandalism-______________________________________________ • Spin-off vandalism______________________________________________ • Slovenly ______________________________________________ • Thrill vandalism______________________________________________

  23. Why Taboo Recreation? • Anomie: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Ex: • sports spectating • Differential Association: ______________________________________________________________________________________ • Ex: • youth gangs

  24. Discussion • Who decides what is taboo? • What do you consider is ‘taboo’ and why? • Be sure to respond (tactfully) to your classmates. If you agree or disagree…and explain your position!

  25. What Does All of This Mean? • Purple recreation is institutionalized in the United States. • It takes from and contributes to American culture. • Recreation and leisure behavior is very individualistic. • Recreation is very commercial and that almost anything goes as long as it pleases the participant.

  26. Discussion: Subject: Must recreation be good? • What do you think….are hedonistic forms of recreation….still “recreation” if the activity is not considered “good” by all? • Ex: sex clubs • Discuss what forms of recreation are socially accepted by some, but not others • Ex: types of recreational drug use

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