When watching Troy Polamalu on the field just a few of the words that come to mind are strong, fast, and beastly. All of those words are masculine. When talking about him off the field, more feminine words like soft, beautiful, and gentle are usually what people think of. Troy Polamalu’s image on the field is a completely different one from off the field.
On the field, Troy Polamalu is a threat to other teams. He’s hard-hitting and a quick player. Definitely an asset to the Steelers defense since, they drafted him out of college. On the field he is not someone to mess with. He isn’t limited to one position either, after his injury in 2009 he came back and played all over the defense. He’s a threat no matter where he is playing on the field. When you watch him play you do not think of anything but, how masculine and strong he is. Troy Polamalu on and off the field, is like day and night.
Everyone who owns a TV has seen at least one, Troy Polamalu Head and Shoulders commercial. You don’t even have to watch the commercial to think differently of him. All you have to do is listen to his voice. After watching him on the field, that is not the voice you imagine would come from a hard-hitter like Polamalu. Something you do not associate with the male gender is a soft voice. Especially a professional athlete. Now if you actually watch the commercial he exhibits even more feminine qualities. One that everyone notices, is his beautiful, long and curly hair. This is another thing that our society uses to differentiate between genders, hair length. Troy Polamalu has longer and better kept hair than some girls that I know. With those two huge factors, it makes it easy to forget that fast, strong man is the same man with the soft voice, and beautiful hair. Especially since when he talks he’s so calm. Also another thing you do not associate with being masculine. It’s usually women who are calm.
Beautiful hair and soft voice or not, Troy Polamalu is one tough guy. He just so happens to have a lot of feminine features, along with the many masculine features he has.
