Increasing Number of Female Athletes

Many years ago and until recently people did not really accept the fact that women could play sports as well as men, or even play at all. Over the years, people started to accept some women as athletes at some sports, but not all of them. Sports like rugby, football and handball were only played by men. Nowadays, however, you could easily find a women playing football and many other sports they never used to play better than any of the men you know. People changed their perspective of women being involved in sports when they would see how capable the women were of being good at a sport they play. Women were not allowed at the first olympics ever played but

According to Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in [the] Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.” Because of the establishment of this international document, much progression toward the equality of rights for all with inherited and acquired traits has been achieved over time. In particular, gender equality has made a great deal of headway since the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Even though this may be the case, there is no doubt that female athletes are far from considered equal as compared to male athletes in modern sports. In today’s sports society, women athletes are still discriminated against based on lower salaries, less media coverage, and lack of opportunity.

Using only the male and female data for basketball and soccer, female soccer players incurred 2.29 times more ACL injuries than males (Ireland, 1999). Female basketball players sustained 2.89 times the ACL injuries than males (Ireland, 1999). For this data noncontact was not the only mechanism of injury, the data consisted of contact, collision, ball contact, and surface contact as well (Ireland,

As women, we our taught by family member and society, that we always need to look our best. To be on the best behavor. Yet it is not for us but for the opposite sex. That women are mainly here for male enjoyment. We are also taught that we must be passive and smart but not smarter than males. A woman cannot be too aggressive because no man will want to be with her. Women can not beat a male at anything because we are not supposed to be tuffer than males. In sports males are prided on the aggressive and strength. Yet women athletes are not because the world still criticize women old fashion gender role. If you are a female athlete, you cannot win because the word brings you down by ones looks. In the website, Sport Sister, they show women athletes

I completely agree with your post. I believe that women are underrepresented in leadership positions in sports, especially in football. Many leaders who are men believe that because women have never played the sport that they should not be a manager. However, there are many women who understand the rules and love football who could be excellent managers. In addition, your post brought to my attention that with social justice initiative such as the Rooney rule only focuses on the hiring of head coach of racial minorities. However, to increase the hiring of racial minorities, there is a need for more racial diversity in coordinator positions, which then will increase diversity for head coaches.

It is obvious in the Western culture; gender makes a difference within the sports. Several studies have shown how reality discriminates within female sporting events and athletes when compared to males. The objective of this study is to examine how male athletes and sporting events dominate over female athletes and sporting events since Title IX law was passed in 1972. The law stated that no person on the basis of sex, in the U.S. would be discriminated against in any athletics or educational programs. Since Title IX, women have had an incline in sports participation, equal education experience, pay salaries, respect, and position opportunities. Though Title IX did make a change for females, it is still areas for improvements in

A sporting event in today's culture is a business. It's all focused on getting as many spectators as possible. Now the question comes, what makes these spectators so interested in elite sports such as American Football, Basketball, or Rugby? What makes the average spectator want to spend money and watch? It's this perspective of male aggression that lures these spectators. Physicality, athleticism, and even size are all factors that, attract the eyes of the public. To an extent, a sporting event of any kind is a show to entertain and enhance profit. This desire for aggression, speed, size, and physical features are all what define the role of behavioral factors that influence the gender sporting difference.

A very simple way to define gender roles according to Twellimona Haihambo in her article “Gender Roles and Gender Equality” could be “. . . those behaviors, tasks and responsibilities that a society considers appropriate for men, women, boys and girls” (Sister Namibia p. 24). In other words, society tends to dictate the rules that men and women would abide by. As a result, all sexes have been greatly affected to some extent by a conventional gender role imposed upon them by society. Mostly in the sports industry, all kinds of restrictions surged from everywhere, weakening women strengths and capabilities while favoring men and nurturing a machismo society.

It is difficult to imagine thought in the modern world without the competitive intercollegiate sports that people should be aware of what injured student-athletes deal with. According to Kremer, Moran, Walker, and Craig (2012), these injuries continuously increases in elite and intense degree in sports and can be career threatening for young athletes. With the growing interest of sports among universities, the aggressiveness in sport also increases and thus resulting to possible injuries among student-athletes. Common long term injuries can occur in the lower and upper body. Baima (2009) states that the common lower body injuries athletes’ acquire are anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and Achilles tendon injury, most of them happen among basketball, soccer, and football athletes. The common upper body injuries, according to Anderson, Parr, and Hall (2009), are rotator cuff injury and shoulder ligamentous injuries, specifically the Glenohumeral (GH) joint, which are prone among football, swimming, and tennis athletes. According to Baima (2009), an injury could be acquired with or without colliding with something. It is, however, important to be reminded that student-athletes inevitably cannot escape from these injuries when training or competing.

Traditionally men have dominated the world of sports however in recent year’s women’s sports have become popular and with their new found popularity, women’s sports have evolved into marketable leagues of their own. Although women’s sports took a huge leap forward, women players still don’t receive the same financial compensation for playing the same sports in the same arenas as their male counterparts. In Purse Snatching by Donna Lopiano, she points out sexism may have a huge effect on this financial discrepancy between women and men athletes. Analyzing sports economics may point to a different reason why women are receiving such a compensation disparity.

When describing someone who is feeble, slow-moving, or lacking athletic ability, people often use the phrase “Like a girl.” A company called always, created and then released an ad campaign showing how detrimental and harmful this negative stereotypical phrase was to women because of their gender. Female athletes everywhere had an outstanding year in sports. Mo’ne Davis jumped up to the plate and became the first girl to pitch a winning game in the Little League World Series. Serena Williams has 21 grand slam titles. The successes began to proceed into the U.S. women’s national soccer team, they won the World Cup. Many great accomplishments have happened dealing with the ladies, but the big question still remains: Will these wonderful achievements

As a female athlete, in the past I have not been taken seriously. I have received more comments on my uniforms then on the skills I can perform. I was not seen as an athlete by some of my peers because of my gender. I used this as an opportunity to show others what a female athlete is really made of. This became my drive to keep going, to push myself past obstacles, and show them what I can do. An athlete is an athlete regardless of gender. An athlete is someone who will push themselves to do better than the day before.

Have you ever wondered why men and women are not equal considered sports? Can we make changes in baseball. Society thinks men do everything better than women, when actually men and women are equal. Women athletes should be considered equal to men because they play with the same integrity, intensity and skills.

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Women. Men. They are both a unique and special being that is on earth. In a perfect society, men and women would have the same physical strength and they would be completely equal. The idea of women and men being able to play against each other is wonderful but realistically it might not work out as great. Of course, women can do anything men can do, but in a competitive situation like this, the results of this change could bring forth more negative impacts than positive ones. In professional sports, women and men should be kept separate due to being biologically different and because of the possibility of the quality of the performances in the sports decreasing.