1.   Although eating disorders may also affect some male athletes, the conditions generally are far more common among women than men.

2.   Any male athlete who wears wedding dresses and lipstick is on the far edge of the behavior curve.

3.   As with women, eating disorders among male athletes cluster in sports where physical appearance contributes to success, such as gymnastics and diving.

4.   -- Ex-San Jose State and LPGA star Patty Sheehan is convinced male athletes get preferential treatment.

5.   But no current male athlete has won four straight titles in any of these sports.

6.   But unsportsmanship conduct from women still shocks us while such behavior from male athletes increasingly goes down as business as usual.

7.   Can it turn a story on rogue male athletes who beat their spouses one day and paint swimsuits on women the next?

8.   Contrary to the tough-guy mythology perpetrated for decades, male athletes can be cutthroat competitors and also have compassion.

9.   Do male athletes really need more protection with respect to their sexual privacy than women?

10.   Dropping football, with a large number of male athletes, would be the easiest way to comply with gender-equity requirements.