Women Should Not Be Integrated As Equals In Sports

Parents today are raising their daughters to know that they can do anything that the boys can do. Parents encourage young girls to play the sports that they want and to give it their all. Their parents tell them if they want to play sports at the college level, then they will have to work hard all the time, keep their grades up, and prove to others that they have what it takes to succeed at the college level. When young women grow up, struggle, work hard and accomplish their goals, they expect to be treated with respect. Unfortunately, they will not be treated the same way as the men who are playing that sport. When did this inequality start for our daughters? In elementary school? In high school? Chances are our daughters did face different

There has always been that stereotype of boys being more athletic than girls. The gender segregation of sports reflects more than just physical differences between men and women. It reflects the way men think about women and sports. When someone throws a baseball in a nonathletic way, a friend would yell, “Stop throwing like a girl!” Being reminded of this

There are no significant gender differences that were found in the strengths to muscle cross-sectional area also known as CSA ratio on knee extension or elbow flexion (Miller et al). That allows women to build body mass and muscles just as men and there are no difference in flexibility so men are able to compete just like women for example like the olympics. There are a lot of sports now that women and men are able to play like football, soccer, softball, swim, and etc. However, competitions are split male and male and female versus female. This is made to make sure the woman that aren’t as athletic are in harm but on occasions some schools and activities they are allowed to play against each other for fun and training. A recent study that had a coach from Germany and Canada train both genders and see their cohesion- performance similarities. The analysis revealed that both male and female have the same strive, stamina and performance (Eys et al).

The sports world has been a new area where women are recognized. In previous times women’s sports were almost non-existent. In schools many girl teams did not receive adequate funds for uniforms and equipment. Boys sports were much more popular, such as football or basketball. If a girl wanted to play a guy sport she would be labeled as a

Have you ever signed up for a sport and noticed there are only girls on your team? This situation happens in our everyday lives in many sports like baseball and basketball. The rules for some of these sports won’t allow girls to be on that same team as boys which sounds silly but is true. Rules for some sports should not restrict girls from playing on boy sports team, Gender should not matter. One reason girls should be allowed on boys’ sport teams is girls can be just as tough as boys, Such as the Princeton women's basketball, that team did something no other Ivy League men's team had done before, racking up 30 wins and 0 losses during the regular season and beating the Ivy League season record of 28-0 held by the 1970-71 Penn men's team.

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.

Based on these exhibition matches, it would be unfair to women if they are forced to play against men in tennis tournaments; this can be extended to every physically strenuous sport. Overall, men have several advantages over women in physical sports. Men produce much more testosterone which makes it easier to produce muscle mass. Men also have denser bones, greater skeletal integrity, and greater height. Due to these natural advantages, men have a track record for almost always beating women at the professional level.

How is it fair that a men's college basketball team is able to be transported on planes and dine on steak, while a women's team from the same college, travels in a van and eats fast food? It's not, but this occurs often nowadays even with laws passed preventing this type of discrimination. In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletic programs (Kiernan 3). Many schools and colleges have not been able to comply with the Title IX standards mostly because of money. Some of the problems in high schools and colleges consist of insufficient scholarships for girls, not enough coaching jobs, a lack of equipment, and a limited amount of supplies. Not only

People might still say that the segregation of genders in sports are making gender equality impossible, but the separation of genders in sports is not because one gender is better than the other. It is to ensure the fairness and equality. Women and men are naturally built differently and they both are both truly strong but in different ways. In order to keep sports fair, just and equal, the best thing to do is to keep sports separated by

Women in the UK includes people from many different nationalities, religions and cultures. Some cultures have rules or traditions about right of women to participate in sport, or about women playing sport in the same place or way as men. Sport is a great way of meeting new people, but the team might think that if a woman joined a mixed gender team they might feel that they won’t have the ability to play in their team. It they were the only female in the team they might have problems mixing with the team because they are female and the team might think they will bring the team down on their performance because they might think that she is weak. Women have only just started to play sport because it the past they weren’t allowed to participate in sports like football and rugby, because society thought that women weren’t physically able to perform sports, society thought that the women had to stay at home and cook and clean and look after the children because they are thought as weak and don’t have the ability to perform like males at sports. In 1916 the Amateur Athletic Union held its first national championship for Women. Sport is still thought as a male dominant in schools and women may feel that they are competing with the males and they might get dishearten in sport because they feel inadequate in that particular sport and this will cause the student to try less in all sports. Women can perform at any stage in the sports development continuum, because women can perform at

There are so many examples of gender inequality not just through sport. Things such as the gender wage gap ignite huge debates and aggravate a lot of women in the work force. There are always answers from men saying things such as “it’s because the less paying jobs are more female dominated or stereotypically jobs for women” and that just fuel to the fire! Males are facetious and sexist towards women and don’t tend to hear our side of the argument before making their

Sexism limits our country. In a world where sexism still exists, women face challenges every day as they choose to embark in athletic activities. Even with the efforts of Title IX, which was established in 1972, there is not equality in sports for men and women. Sexism is real with stereotypes and discrimination on the basis of sex. Even with the high level of success reached by numerous female athletes of many different sports, male athletes always seem to have the upper hand. Whether it is pay, media, support, gear, or playing grounds, one sex always has the better of the two. Male athletes dominate a field that truly is shared by both sexes. What if we treated male athletes the way we treat female athletes? That is a world hard to imagine, and honestly, it shouldn't be. Through female athletes sharing their stories of unfair treatment and pay, sexism and generations of inequality in sports can be overcome.

How is it fair that a men’s college basketball team is able to be transported on planes and dine on steak, while a women’s team from the same college, travels in a van and eats fast food? It’s not, but this occurs often nowadays even with laws passed preventing this type of discrimination. In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletic programs (Kiernan 3). Many schools and colleges have not been able to comply with the Title IX standards mostly because of money. Some of the problems in high schools and colleges consist of insufficient scholarships for girls, not enough coaching jobs, a lack of equipment, and a limited amount of supplies. Not only

Some women athletes are still not accepted. Women who body-build are not given the same respect as men who do. While many

Women have always been the minority in the world even today: that is in the work force or even in sports. Title IX, an act that was made by the United States Congress in 1972, said that no one should be denied to play, receive financial aid, or discriminate to any education program or activity that pertains to only one sex (Senne 1). This act was a step towards improving female participation and lessening discrimination, but the stereotypes that most of society believes in still exist. This is one of the main reasons why women are discriminated when it comes to sports; by limited payroll, limited media coverage, and stereotypes.