Summary Of Negative Stereotypes

The discrimination and stereotyping of women playing certain types of sports has become a problem much larger than anyone would think. Sexism in sports is a minoritized mindset throughout the world; even though women are practicing the exact same thing as men, they are still seen as a lesser player based on their gender. Sexsim is spreading like an epidemic to countries around the world, killing many dreams of young women in the world of sports especially.

Even if a female athlete has a coach who believes that men are better than women at that particular sport, even if the athlete disagrees with that belief, her performance is affected negatively. The presence and reminder of the stereotype has been proved to be harmful to the female athletes’ overall performance. These negative stereotypes cause female athletes to be particularly worried about the outcome of their performance, they don’t just feel the need to win, but also feel the need to eliminate these stereotypes so that they can stop being judged. ‘The desire to prove these stereotypes wrong often backfires and causes them to underperform when challenged’ (Hively & El-Alayli, 2014). Hively & El-Alayli (2014) performed a study in which they had two circumstances: one with a gender stereotype reminder where they were told that peoples natural athletic ability was being tested, with the belief that men and women perform at different levels. The second scenario removed the stereotype threat, the athletes were told that they were being assessed based on visual ability and that men and women score equally on this task. They tested male and female basketball and tennis players and made them perform a certain task within their sport. They concluded that women athletes’ performance was significantly lower in the

I observed the basketball championship game in McCarthy center and, while sporting events are mostly seen as a male-dominated activity, I saw more girls in the audience than boys. I, myself, got up at six in the morning to wait in line to get a spot to watch the game. This breaks the stereotype that girls are uninterested in sports. However, after the devastating loss, most people went back to their gendered stereotypes. I, along with the girls around me, were crying at the heartbreaking finale, while some boys in CM took to breaking things in the halls. This alines with the gender stereotypes that women are more emotional and men are more violent. While I do believe that we, as a society, are moving away from suffocating gendered stereotypes, there are some that we still preform subconsciously. The younger generations are moving forward with making gender non-conformity the new normal, however, we are far from ending the fight to break gendered

(Coakley, Jay) Some girls do not always get the extra push and encouragement as the guy athletes. When it comes to women athletes, experience suggest need to develop additional definitions of femininity. When it comes to fairness with gender in sports, a lot of rethinking is done. Masculinity and femininity tells what the purpose of goals

Chimamanda Ngozi once said, “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” (Stereotypes). Many stereotypes effect us. They can also have a negative effect and those affected by it can feel insecure because they may be judged or treated because of that certain stereotype. Stereotypes are labels that are unfairly placed on people, and they affect all of us.

In Western society, the language used has become accustomed to gender stereotyping that is constant in everyday life. In Laurel Richardson’s article, Gender Stereotyping in the English Language, she describes the ways in which the English language is used or can be used to slander a gender, and everyone is exposed to it (Richardson). This language can be used in many contexts and is often used in male sports, it can be used by coaches, parents, spectators and teammates. The language spoken in male sports is often used as

Hannon, J., Soohoo, S., Reel, J., & Ratliffe, T. (2009). Gender stereotyping and the influence of race in sport among adolescents. Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 80(3), 676-684.

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.

Which those kinds of stereotypes are constructed because of what is portrayed by the media, the stereotypes women athlete have to face and decide if she should conform to the stereotype and become whatever society has set for women or become her own individual, either it be becoming an athlete or not but, not letting the media and those in society dictate what female become.

Krendl, A., Gainsburg, I., & Ambady, N. (2012). The Effects of Stereotypes and Observer Pressure on Athletic Performance. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 34(1), 1-14. doi:10.1123/jsep.34.1.3

By turning women away from playing certain sports, we are influenced to believe that they are not as qualified to play, compared to men. (Creedon, 1994). Ironically, women on the field seem to have to act tougher than the men. If an

Traditional gender roles that are created by today's society cause stereotypes to both males and females (Greer). Gender stereotypes occur in athletic sports and can have a great effect on the participants and their performance. Sports participation is often seen as a masculine activity, which is perceived as dominated

The debate on whether or not women can compete with men in sports has been a long-standing argument with many different viewpoints. Feminists say that women should be able to compete with the opposite gender because “girls can do anything boys can do” and they believe it to be sexist to not allow that to happen. This is not the case; women cannot compete with men because of physical differences that make men more athletically inclined. Sexism is not a factor when asking the question of whether or not women can play with the men. These attributes that hinder women will be explained as well as giving real-life examples of women competing with men.

In today’s society, gender roles continue to be shaped by social and biological factors. One of the largest controversies that has consumed our world today states that males have more athletic ability than females. In the past, many structural factors have made it difficult for gender equality within sports to exist. These perceptions are slowly ending, but men continue to have better outcomes in the world of sports. Although men are not necessarily superior than women at sports, they do have many advantages over women but women today are changing that.

This study looks at the effect that a stereotypic threat has on group’s performance. A stereotype threat is a phenomenon that occurs when a specific group’s performance is lowered due to negative performance expectations that are placed on that group (Steele, 1997). This phenomenon is most commonly seen in female sports, when women are told that they may not perform as well as men simply due to gender differences. These negative beliefs about female athleticism may hinder their performance and effect their true potential when competing in sports (Chalabaev, Sarrazin, Fotayne, Boiché, & Clément-Guillotin, 2013). The purpose of this study was to examine the effects that a stereotype threat cue had on the performance of males and females in two athletic tasks. The researchers hypothesized that the female athletes’ performance would worsen when the cue was initiated, and improve when the stereotype threat was removed from the task.