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According to Butler, 1989 by Michael Messner; Connell, 1987; Scott and Morgan 1993, in society ideas of masculinity will characterize the male as having a certain physique and mannerisms. For example, a man may have great influence because he is believed to be the head of the family and should be in control. Men influence young males in the family because they encourage males to participate in sports because it is perceived as a male activity. These men also use sports as a bonding agent to create a better relationship between themselves and their children. Gottzén raised the idea that men “godfather” through sports and help young men acquire attributes and values ​​that make them a man. These young males learn social norms and values ​​from their fathers through primary socialization. As a result, this affects the personality acquired by males. Fathers have a greater impact on young males because some use their father's status as a goal. In Messner's study, there is a 24-year-old black man who used his father's physical stature as a goal to achieve the same status and physique as his father. That young man believed that his father's physique was a sense of power and tried to gain it. As a result, that young man had a larger physique than him