Women In The 1900's

Men, since basketball's creation, have always worn the basic uniform, tank tops and shorts. On the hand, women's dress has evolved throughout many years. During the Great Depression period, women sported corsets and long skirts, to the times of women's suffrage when knee length skirts were accepted, and lastly to the 1960's when women were allowed

Gender inequality in professional tennis is a real and alarming issue, from the pay gap between mens' and womens' tennis players to the low media coverage of women's professional tennis. This issue even goes as far as how differently tennis commentators discuss and analyze mens tennis as opposed to how they discuss and analyze womens tennis. When commentators discuss men's tennis they solely focus on the skill of the players, but when they discuss women's tennis they place more importance on the appearance of the female players, rather than their skill. This instance of gender inequality in professional tennis is further exacerbated by the differences in advertisements for male tennis players and female tennis players. The advertisements involving male tennis players display their athleticism and tennis abilities, whereas the advertisements including female tennis players are appearance-focused, with the females often wearing little clothing. This is corroborated by the popular belief that focusing on the physical appearance of female athletes is the only way in which generating money from women's professional sports is distinctly possible (Fink, 2015, p. 338). Female professional tennis players train just as hard as the men do, thus the gender inequality that exists in the sport is not necessarily a result of how women perform on the court. It is rather a result of how society perceives women playing in professional sports overall, which the mass media is partially to blame

Women sports have come a long way, since the days when women were only allowed

The role of women in society during the 1800s were to respect their husbands and be house wives. No life expectations were placed upon these women other than being a loyal wife to their husbands. Furthermore, the sports that were practised in school were light and gentle drills to prepare the girls for marriage and motherhood. However, a very small amount of the sports were open to women which lead to little amounts of women participation in sports. Even if the women had the talent or the dreams to become accepted in a certain sport, they were either humiliated by people in society or they were just plainly embarrassed to have taken a liking to a certain sport. Moreover, there was a certain type of body figure that every women strived to have, and this was the hourglass figure. This impacted the type of clothing they wore while playing sport to socialise. These clothing were heavy and modest which covered up much of their skin so these women did not show any inappropriate parts of their body.

People pretend it doesn’t exist, but racism is still here and much alive.  Tennis prides itself on being innovators. That’s why tennis awards equal prize money, television and media coverage to both male and female tennis players. The fact remains that tennis wouldn’t be true innovators until it stops racism. Serena and Venus William’s two African American sisters began tennis when they were young and soon started having massive success. The success the two sisters had brought inspiration and influenced other young African Americans to join the game.

The author of The Colonel, Michael Hogan, details how a certain Army Colonel influenced his life through the sport of tennis. Hogan begins by indicating how mainstreamed tennis is today, to the point an average adolescent could not imagine tennis as a ‘rich man’ sport. In the fifties, when Hogan was a child, tennis was a sport reserved for mostly men at country clubs and private resorts. Women had competed at international competitions such as Wimbledon for a several years, but many of them were amateurs (oftentimes paid little). Fortunately for female tennis players, Billie Jean King’s assertiveness, in 1967, and the Virginia Slim tournaments, in the seventies, influenced tennis to include women in professional tennis (such as Chris Everts

Serena is more than just a tennis player. She is a fashionable athlete. During a match in 2002, Serena was wearing a black lycra catsuit at the US Open. This was a number one discussion topic among sports enthusiasts at the time.

Women in the 1930’s were expected to dress in a certain way and style. For females in the 1930’s it was unusual for them to be seen in any other piece of clothing besides a dress. “ You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting

During the 1800s and 1900s many key events are going on both foreign and domestic. Both WWI and WWII will include many of the world's most powerful nations in all out war with the allies and axis powers. Also, America is dealing with large racial tensions at home. The Civil Rights Movement was a key event in America’s history that fought for both racial rights and women’s rights. Another event that was the Women’s Rights Movement that both men and women participated in to advocate for women's voting rights, the right for women to work the same jobs as men, and many other things.

At the beginning of the 1800’s the standard for men’s wear still was influenced if the 18th century. With knee-length breeches worn over stocking, 2tail coats cut high over the top of the breeches, their collars turned up and ruffled cravats worn at the neck. As for what they wore on there head they wore usually a top hat also most men carried a walking stick with them. Also cloaks were still in fashion but by the 1820’s this gave way to the more practical and easier manageable overcoat. 3As far as woman from the beginning of the 1800’s Europe still had a very large influence on people everywhere and this included America.

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.

The 1920s brought about a new sense of fashion. A new style that was different than before. Fashion changed a lot throughout the decade and leading into it as well. Before the 1920’s womens fashion was tight fitted and layered.

Almost every time Williams steps on the court to play in a tournament, she is dressed in a shockingly bright color, from her highlighter yellow top and skirt at the 2016 Australian Open to an orange and white color blocked and belted dress at the 2003 French Open and a royal blue dress with black accents at the 2011 US Open. By repeatedly wearing clothes that often verge on being neon in color, Williams instantly differentiates herself from her opponent, practically demanding that the viewer focuses on her instead. This use of color contrasts sharply with the history of tennis being rooted in white and other muted colors. Even at Wimbledon, whose dress code demands “suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white,” Williams selects uniforms that have brightly colored borders and other colorful embellishments (“Clothing and Equipment,” 2017). In 2001 this involved a plain white tennis dress with a turquoise trim and a butterfly embellished with sequins at her waist.

An example of a female athlete being ridiculed for portraying society’s idea of non-femininity is Martina Navratilova. Martina was the first female tennis player who began to play tennis more as a power sport than a sport of technique. Subdued by an oppressive communist system that controlled the Czech Tennis Federation, she was seen to be playing in the style of men instead of playing women's tennis. As she did not fit into society's image of how a woman should look, behave and play tennis, she was ridiculed and branded as the proverbial ‘bad egg’ when compared to her contemporaries. Additionally, she was branded as a lesbian, which caused more hardship for her as she was forced to face a world which was much more homophobic at that time than it is now. Her sexual orientation is not a prime issue; it was something that was used against her and something that was assumed simply because she did not portray the feminine image that is expected of women.

Wimbledon is considered by many to be one of, if not the greatest sporting events in Tennis. In this essay i will be exploring the history of Wimbledon and looking at some of the current cultural and political challenges the event currently faces. I will also delve into the impacts from the event. I will then finalise the essay by giving my opinion for the future of the event. History History of Tennis http://www.britannica.com/sports/tennis Tennis is a sport that has been said to be around .