Gender Stereotypes In Football

I think if you had to choose between a girl and a boy to be on your team for dodgeball , you’d choose a boy . It’s in everyone's right mind and mine that boys are more violent than girls . In a lot of studies boys are typically the ones to be more physically aggressive . They are more likely to get into fist fights and threaten others violently . Rather than girls that would typically get into more social and emotional aggressiveness. For example like spreading rumors and having arguments . Boys are more likely to start cussing and getting angry , walking out and making a scene. Also boys are more than likely to be more violent in sports like boxing and competitive in sports like baseball , soccer , track etc…

The NFL’s choice to focus on wives and daughters of men, who by their positions in the NFL are powerful and affluent, suggests that a women’s place in relation to football is the men on the sidelines. Of the 30 women featured in the rivalry campaign, which went public in January 2011, only four of them held any type of position within an NFL organization. Two were daughters of an owner, one was a cheerleading director, and the last one was part of a large family sports empire. Simply put, the ads also did not feature any women who were not directly related to the league through a male counterpart. Males had to serve as the female’s direct link to the game; they could not be fans on their own. Furthermore, the Rivalry campaign chose to limit women by making them look stylish and pretty, while standing next to a man who had an

I have always been fascinated by sports especially basketball and football, so I am one of those people that almost know so much that it is weird. Now, the NBA is a league dominated by men in every aspect. I started to watch the NBA around the age of 12, and through all my years of watching the game I became accustomed to only seeing men in the NBA. It has been like this until, Becky Hammon was brought upon the Spurs’ coaching staff on Aug 5, 2014; Becky will be the first female to be full-time paid assistant on a coaching staff. Becky will be the second female to be brought on coaching staff, first was Lisa Boyer (volunteer assistant) with the Cavilers from 2001-02.As I read through the articles to gain more information about Becky I realized; there was hype around Becky for becoming a trailblazer for women in male sports.

Anything associated with females, especially teenage girls, is mocked and ridiculed. Boy bands, which are mostly female dominated, are often belittled; the fans are described with degrading adjectives such as crazy or obsessed. On the other hand, football and its fans are rarely made fun of. Football even has a period of the week dedicated to it: Sunday Night Football. If this were reversed and One Direction had its own day, it would not be normal.

This magazine gives the impression that it is trying to bring women the attention they deserve within the sports community, but are not receiving. Unfortunately the majority of the photos have the opposite effect, and perpetuate the traditional gender roles that keep men and women divided in the sports industry. Although there are a few exceptional articles, the bulk of the imagery on the site depicts happy, pretty, smiling women. There is an image of an Israeli Netball team, and the women are all smiling and joyous, with hands thrown in the air in a display of fun and femininity; a stark contrast to the type of serious men’s team photo typically found on men-focused sites. The images under the “Health & Fitness” section are particularly sexist.

Female athletes are weak. Female athletes are lesbians. Female athletes showboat too much. These are stereotypes female athletes hear on a day to day basis. Stereotypes are a horrible thing. My stereotype which is an athletic girl basically is just one of the many I can be but this one definitely my main one. People say things like athletic girls are weak and all they do is like to exercise. It is so unfair to make judgements about people like this. How is it fair to assume that I’m weak because I’m a girl athlete. Pretty much I’m getting compared to male athletes because they're supposed to be strong muscle men but since I’m the opposite gender. I must have the opposite qualities according to people who stereotype. I’ve even heard before girl athletes only exercise in their free time to become as strong as a male. Making assumptions like this makes absolutely no sense because there is no real answer or factualness behind it. Stereotypes are just created because

Growing up, I didn’t always conform to the normal little girl ways set by my society. I had Barbie dolls but I also had Pokémon, Dinosaurs, and Ninja turtle toys. The social gender norm for girls would be tea parties and Barbie dolls, while boys would have dinosaurs and car toys. Though, I had a little bit of everything, as an only child I had a choice of what I thought I liked better. My parents didn’t choose what was right for me, and I didn’t so much care about what other kids had. I also started a sport very young, I joined a swim team because my dad taught me how to swim at the age of five and I adored it. Ever since then I started playing outdoors and I grew up playing basketball and football with the neighbor boys. Therefore, I always had the mindset that girls could do anything that boys could do, and gender didn’t matter in most cases. Unlike the common belief that boys or men in general are better, or more superior. My parents raised me on a more neutral level and it changed my views from the social “norm”.

In the article “ Sure, These Women Are Winning Olympic Medals, but Are They Single?” Katie Rogers discusses the sexist gestures that are constantly made towards women competing in the Olympic Games. According to Rogers, men and women are treated very differently in the media. Men are praised for being the “fastest” or the “biggest”, while a women's athletic ability is overlooked in discussions about their marital status or age. While I do believe that sexism exists, I also believe that it can be easily misconstrued as something it is not.

The topic I chose for this assignment is women and sports. I am curious about the behaviors of how women are perceived in the sports world. As you may know there are women becoming referees in professional sports. There are also a couple of assistant coaches in the NBA and NFL that are female.

Furthermore, along with the mass media comes the stereotypes that have been constructed in sport. Along with the physical appearance that athletes strive for, they are defined by their capability to accomplish bodily. In Alyson Jones article, she illuminates that for adolescent athletes, it is seen that popularity and successes comes from having a good, ideal body (2014, ¶ 3). The pressure to be “fit” and successful for girls is often to be skinny. As for males, there is pressure that they should be “ripped” with defined muscles. These stereotypes that our youth are learning can be negative outlooks and patterns of performance. Major psychological struggles can occur in adolescents continue to believe that they must look this certain way to

be pretty in order to obtain love and happiness”. Wilson & Blackhurst (1999), argue that there is a cultural taboo against large female bodies and adverts portray them as having bad bodies, limiting their wardrobes and social engagements. However, this is not the case with adverts such as the ones from this girl like the one in appendix G, as they show that women with all body types can take part in sport and physical activities without being ashamed of their body and be confident. Recently advertisements have decided to use “standard” people. According to Parker (2015), Sport England realised that typical role models for women

Many sports teams are based solely on gender. Having same gender teams creates stereotypes, having unfair teams, and also would not encourage the team members as much as it should. Coed teams would be a simple solution to this problem.

While there is no apparent shortage of women in the media, for there are shows such as The View on ABC, and The Kelly File on Fox news, the key word is apparent. While women host these shows and others, the clear majority are co-hosted by a man, or hosted by men alone. While Kelly File ranks high within Fox News, The O’Reiley Factor and Hannity generally overshadow it. This does not mean that she never outscores them, because there are times when she does. And that speaks to the quality of her program. For by beating out established shows such as Hannity, or O’Reilly it shows that she is on the same level or perhaps higher than the men. Indeed, there is more than one show that usually has high rating, such as Outnumbered. A question that

To see a positive portrayal of an integral part of oneself is to feel validated as a human being. To recognize a face similar to your own be loved through the pages of a book or the glare of a screen can be emotionally overwhelming for minorities who often see themselves portrayed either in a negative light, or no light at all. For women, LGBTQIA, and people of colour, the onslaught of prejudice and removal of their persons from the media is a sad, but an unfortunate true reality.

This article that I found was very interesting to me because it concern a lot of information about my career I am pursuing. This article identify and compare the attitudes and belief of male and female pharmacy students. The demographic shift have risen for the future Pharmacy students, the past 13 years there was no growth in the average hourly staff pharmacist. The increase number of chain pharmacies created a opportunity to female Pharmacist to work retail with flexible schedule, women made up 59.2% of licensed Pharmacist, and 68.3% of new pharmacy graduates in Canada, as of 2009 only 39.1%of these higher paid and higher status positions were held by females. This article also, states that many women chose this field due to you can have