Gender Inequality : Sports And Sports

Upon starting college, I was done with sports as far as participating on a team. I knew I wanted to be involved wherever I could be. I enrolled in a class titled, “Girls & Women in Sport.” The class was built upon a sociological approach. In this class, I learned the importance of sex versus gender, the role of Title IX in sports, gender roles, as well as the psychological impacts of athletic participation on women.

These could include running sprints for time, catching footballs, throwing or kicking footballs, tackling other players, etc. At the end of the tryouts, the question then becomes.who made the team and who

Sports have been a large part of society throughout history. They have brought out happiness, joy, hard work, determination, and teamwork in the individuals that have participated in them. However, there have been negatives involved with sports throughout history also, including gender roles, which are defined as the public image of being a particular gender that a person presents to others. These roles have been created by society and passed down from generation to generation, informing one another of false beliefs that say that one gender, usually males, are better than females. In sports, these often say that women have significantly lower performance levels, show less drive and that women see competition as unnecessary. In reviewing the initial beliefs and problems before Title IX, the role of Title IX, the problems still existing today, and the modern movement, it is seen that progress has been made, but also that there is also more to do.

How is it fair that a men’s college basketball team is able to be transported on planes and dine on steak, while a women’s team from the same college, travels in a van and eats fast food? It’s not, but this occurs often nowadays even with laws passed preventing this type of discrimination. In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletic programs (Kiernan 3). Many schools and colleges have not been able to comply with the Title IX standards mostly because of money. Some of the problems in high schools and colleges consist of insufficient scholarships for girls, not enough coaching jobs, a lack of equipment, and a limited amount of supplies. Not only

Today, sports are one of the biggest parts of our lives. Sunday night football has 64% of American?s sitting on their couch, rooting for their team. If anyone misses that, they have Monday and Tuesday night football to make it up. Besides football, which is the prominent headlight in this culture; sports like soccer, tennis, and basketball, sits close behind. However, most of these sports are linked with men; women are rarely thought of here. Women play these sports too, and do not receive the recognition that they deserve. These women athletes grew up facing oppression for the simple fact that they were women playing sports, yet they

Sweating Off Oppression A brave girl once said, “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back” (Yousafzai qtd. in “Internationally Unrelated”). This quote from Yousafzai basically describes women's oppression. In sports, women are held back because they do not have the same opportunities.

In order to examine the relationship between genders, how often they use media content for sports, and how often participants use Twitter, a survey was conducted. Data was collected from March 29, 2015 to April 5, 2015. Two hundred forty undergraduate students at Washington State University participated in the online survey. We recruited a volunteer sample of participants who are undergraduate students.

How is it fair that a men's college basketball team is able to be transported on planes and dine on steak, while a women's team from the same college, travels in a van and eats fast food? It's not, but this occurs often nowadays even with laws passed preventing this type of discrimination. In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletic programs (Kiernan 3). Many schools and colleges have not been able to comply with the Title IX standards mostly because of money. Some of the problems in high schools and colleges consist of insufficient scholarships for girls, not enough coaching jobs, a lack of equipment, and a limited amount of supplies. Not only

The NBA and WNBA give the equal opportunity of playing professional basketball to both men and women, but the ages at which they are allowed to start their career differ. These age eligibility rules are believed by some to give an unequal opportunity to female basketball players. In the article, “Hoop Dreams Deferred: The WNBA, The NBA, And The Long-Standing Gender Inequality At The Game’s Highest Level”, N. Jeremi Duru discusses the age eligibility rules for the NBA and WNBA. Topics included are how they are different, how the difference is unfair to females, and how the NBA can be held responsible for the inequality to women. As a professor of law, Duru has a professional approach to the topic with a lengthy article that has claims backed by laws and has a legal case feel.

Growing up in Atlanta, I was surrounded and engulfed with the culture of sports and fandom; I cheered for each of the hometown teams: The Hawks, The Falcons, and The Braves and I was proud of my association with these teams. I enjoyed (and still do) the camaraderie and family atmosphere that attending a game or watching the game on television with family and friends encompasses. As a young child, I believed that sports were a pastime that brought people of all races, genders, and creeds together. As a child, I attended many local collegiate and professional games, I believed that sports were an inclusive activity and that my experience with participating in sports and being ridiculed and ostracized was an isolated occurrence. Therefore, this

Being inspired by equality, (related to not identifying with the sex you were at birth) athletes are joining competative teams with their preferred male/female status. This means a biological male can compete against a biological female on a women’s sports team. There are many components to our sexual makeup, for example, our biological sex, gender, sexual orientation, and social roles and behaviors. Whether transgender people should be able to compete in a sport according to what gender they identify with is a problem among many sports organizations and spectators. People question whether or not transgender athletes have an unfair advantage because males and females have dissimilar horomones that act differently through one's body, men and women have different pain tolerances and transgenders have increased endurance due to the medication they take.

Sports provide an amazing outlet for people of all ages. People are invited and welcomed to play sports at any age. Sometimes there are many restrictions due to personal reason that restrain people from participating in sport such as money, peer pressure, location, etc. The main reason that women usually do not participate is due to gender inequality. Most women just accept their role in life that men have made for them. Nowadays, women’s participation in sports is becoming popular but it is still overshadowed by men’s. Only within 18 years, has the playing field been equalized, and women now can participate in many sports, which were only played by men. And the development of female athletics keeps increasing when

“The practice of physical education and sport is a fundamental right for all.” (UNESCO) Gender equality in sports is still lacking even after title IX. People seem to only care about males, when it comes to sports. Women have accomplished just as much, achievements or more in sports, but men still seem to get all of the attention. Women should receive equal treatments in sports, because attention increases womens self esteem, they get no media attention or scholarship, and finally it infringes on Title IX.

Throughout the decades, women have been tossed away and not being allowed to do so many things in their life, that men have been allowed to do. For example, decades ago, women were never allowed to hunt, be separate from their husbands, or even play sports since the 1900’s. Their only job was to sit home and care for the kids while the men did all the dirty work. Sexism in sports is a wide-ranged topic that many people have ignored for most of their lives. It is clear that women in sports have been discriminated against throughout the globe, which is evidence through sports history, payment of female athletes, and media representation.

In a masculine driven society, sports have been viewed as a valuable, beneficial skill specifically designed for men. Although, I have to consider that sports have been more lenient towards the participation of females over the years, we must admit that there is still a lot of issues present pertaining to gender-role expectations. “Historically, sports have been a major cultural practice of gender inequality against females. Females have struggled against its prejudice and discrimination.” (315) I think It’s an outrage that society finds it