Essay about Our Biased Culture is Hindering Women in Sports

Women participating in sports have become more and more popular thorough time. In 1990 there were only 2 sports for women in the Olympics, and in 2012 women have the opportunity to compete in every sport (Lal, 2015). They have become their own level of strong. Strong is the new beautiful. When discussing the topic of women in the media, it is known and understood that they are portrayed much differently than men.

Traditionally women were viewed as equipped to participate in sports, and their involvement was viewed as unfeminine and undesirable. This Article Examples the women were viewed as unfeminine to the sports that men play and undesirable. Young girls who are given an early opportunity to participate in sports may be more prepared for the male in classrooms. Even though women have often been relegated to second-hand citizenship in the same socializing, integration, statues, and recognition that benefit male athletes. (By; Sandra L. Hanson)

Women have struggled for more than two centuries to be taken serious as professionals. There should not be a double standard in sports especially if it is loved and played by both genders. Over the years, females have competed against the stereotype of being too fragile both mentally and physically to play strenuous sports. The passion and work ethic of the female professional athletes is just as strong as the males and everyone should be treated equal and be able to have a chance at making a better living for themselves as well as their family. One area that still faces a continual struggle in sports is gender equality. Female

Over the years there has been several reasons why people argued the point of whether women should be allowed to participate in sports. Society used the excuse that women are weaker than men resulting in the conclusion that women could not handle the competitive atmosphere that playing a sport brings. Another reasoning was that past cultures and religion did not allow women to be involved in activities other than the normal womanly duties. This unjust nature of believing that women are less than men or that men are superior just because is not acceptable and should not be tolerated. As Sandra Coney says in an article, “New Zealand has been called a man’s country. Sporting contest have been a male proving ground and a source of identity and pride” (Coney). This quote proves that it is not just one area or one country where the male species is the higher of the two genders, it is a worldwide issue. Although some may think women should not be involved in sports, many disagree and believe that the involvement of women in sports can benefit society.

Throughout history, woman have been fighting for equality with men. This fight isn’t over and doesn’t stop with the right to vote or the right to wear pants. The progressive movements of feminism are starting to creep into younger generations, including, but not limited to young girls wanting to play on predominantly male-dominated sport teams. There are a lot of controversies when looking at this topic, saying there’s a natural strength advantage, it would be uncomfortable for a male to compete alongside females, among other reasons but ultimately, if the drive and effort is present, there are legal rights and no legitimate reason for woman to not be given the opportunity to prove themselves and normalize the incorporation of females to male sports.

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

Women’s equality is an issue that has been around for awhile. While women have been given many rights to increase equality, including the right to vote and go to college, the problem hasn’t completely vanished. One area that still sees this is in sports. Women’s sports do not draw nearly as many fans and are not covered in the media as much as men’s sports, pay differences between male and female athletes are large, and female athletes have to wait longer to start their professional career than men, which risks their professional career before it even starts.

Through the movies viewed in this course this semester, we saw women who were able to play against men and still keep their femininity. Nothing is lost when playing sports not traditionally meant for a particular race or gender. Society must become more understanding when it comes to the sports different types of people play and hinder from stereotyping anyone when they participate and perform well in that sport.

Wasn’t until later in the 21st century where woman’s sport to a huge jump in the popularity ranks and the numbers of female participant is over 500%. Female athlete took a step in popularity and participants. sports media coverage is still at an all-time low, even more so now than back in the late 1900s, females sports media coverage will be a little close to nothing, around the end of

With the rise of feminism, gender inequality has been quite the topic in todays time. With the wanting of equal rights and treatment it has been pointed out as per which all places males have the hegemonic overview and women are the oppressed; one of the areas where its unequal in gender is in sport. This paper will examine and break down the issues regarding sex and gender biases within sports in modern day media and how it can be resolved.

Over the last twenty years the respect for female athletes has increased but why is it not shown in the media coverage? Mass media has become one of the most powerful institutional forces that communicated information and helps shape the values that are apart of the modern culture. Media coverage of sports is one of the most popular news coverage, having many television stations, articles, magazines and news reports. The media coverage of sports is primarily a male-dominated institution that lacks coverage and representation of women. The relation of women in sports points out main issues that are the amount of coverage that they receive and how they are represented as athletes.

Women in sports are portrayed as unskilled if they lose or there is an outside reason for their win, yet this is not the case. This image of women only being good at sports for a physical or outside reason is slowly changing but an extremely slow rate. Today, ladies and gentleman, I will explain to you how the media is slowly starting to properly portray women in sports. Originally this issue was fixed but it slowly becoming fluid as the media is starting to accept the truth about female sports players. My two points of evidence for tonight is an article from the Courier mail and a Samsung phone ad. These two media ads clearly show the slow rate in how accurate female sports players are being portrayed.

Sports become stereotyped as gender-neutral, feminine, or masculine based on conceptions regarding gender, gender differences, and beliefs about the appropriateness of participation due to gender (Colley et al., 1987; Csizma, Wittig, & Schurr, 1988; Koivula, 1995; Matteo, 1986). Sports labeled as feminine seem to be those that allow women participants to act in accordance with the stereotyped expectations of femininity (such as being graceful and nonagressive) and that provide for beauty and aesthetic pleasure (based on largely male standards). A sport is labeled as masculine if it involves the following: 1) attempts to physically overpower the opponent(s) by bodily contact; 2) a direct use of bodily force to a heavy object; 3) a

Millions are spent on men’s sports and men sports’ propaganda but why aren’t women’s sports as popular? They are physically and mentally able to play the same type of sports and there are as many talented women as there is men, but for reasons unknown to many, they are just not as well recognised. My parents brought me up to think that girls could play

We have learned that from almost the beginning of time, human beings have participated in sports. We have been conditioned to think of sports and the people who play them in a specific way. The truth is this description involves a white male. The concept of women participating in sports is seen as a “unnatural combination” (Ottaway. 2016). Because of this underlying biased against women in sport, “Women’s athletics receive only about 4 percent of all sports media coverage.” (Ottaway. 2016). This begs the question; why don't people watch women's sports? There is a cultural consensus that women’s sports are “boring” or “unpopular” but in reality, there is an unawareness because of the lack of media coverage. Women are currently playing sports in unprecedented levels with staggering levels of participation but, because of cultural norms, women are often discouraged from participating in professional sport. Women's sports are largely ignored by the mainstream media which buries the accomplishments of women in sport leading to poor female representation which ultimately creates a lack of demand for coverage in women's sports media.