The sports included in the games are mostly ones that give men an advantage. The IOC and national Olympic committees are dominated by men and male perspectives. The games also have a built-in racism, in that they were set up by European elites, choosing western sports, which now have become world sports. The IOC continues to be dominated by western perspectives on sport, while indigenous games have been sidelined. Many sports are modelled on skills for war and some involve violence themselves, such as boxing.
Spectators can become more aggressive as a result of watching competitive sports.
There is no evidence that sporting events reduce the incidence of wars, murders or other violence in society. Bodies are treated as machines, as means to the goal of winning. Finally, the high symbolic value of the Olympics means that protest groups attempt to use the games as a stage, most notoriously in the terrorist attacks at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Governments do what they can to present a pleasant image and prevent disruption. Host cities have displaced neighbourhoods to build facilities and moved out homeless people.