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| | BECK'S EXAMPLE Becks: A World Obsession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | Unlike Michael Jordan, whose private life and personality off the court has been more or less private, Beckham's daily life is highly scrutinized and documented. |
 | | Where the traditional image of a footballer is sexist, homophobic, drunken, racist, and violent, Beckham gives men something new to strive for. |
 | | Parker dubbed Beckham as a "new man" for the qualities he exhibits in public: A responsible and loving parent and husband, soccer hero and fashionable father, while still maintaining the characteristics of the "old world industrial man" who is a loyal, stoic, dedicated, and bread winning. |
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