Sexism in Sports: Females Should be Allowed to Participate

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The alarm clock sounds at 6:25 am!!! Reaching out with my right hand, I hit the snooze button. Suddenly, a thought runs through my mind, it’s the morning of the big game. I rise out of bed and go to the window to check the weather, I pull the chord of the blinds and look outside, it seems to be an ideal day for a football game, overcast, gloomy, and gray. I stagger my way to the shower, the hot water cascading over my body, the anticipation of the upcoming day rushes through my head like a bolt of lightning over the stormy sky. As I finish freshening up and go to the bedroom to get dressed, I slide my jersey from its hanger, that good old number fifty-five. As I look at my jersey I remember all the triumphs and defeats that this jersey brought from all the past games, all the struggles that lead up to this day. As I pace through the day just to get to the night, my dreams and excitement for the big game are suddenly crushed when I realize that my coach refuses to let me to play in the game due to the fact that I am a female. Football is one of the biggest sexist sports in the world, most people figure that if you are female than you don’t know what you are talking about and are only good for cheering the teams on rather than being involved in the game.

According to The Webster’s Dictionary, sexism is further defined as “discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women, discrimination against attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender.” In 1972 United States President Richard Nixon passed a bill known as, “Title IX” (ncaa.org). Title IX was designed to be an open door for women, but many feminists have further interpreted Title IX as a way in assisting w...

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...God, according to Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Personally this verse means that Jesus Christ sees everyone as being equal, He does not see race, gender, or sexual preference. In the same way, we are ordained to love each other unconditionally, see pass the outside appearance and into the heart, for in the end that is all that really matters anyways.

To make a long story short the point of it all is that everyone should be allowed to do whatever they set your mind to. Not permitting anyone to belittle you and take your hope and joy away. Just keep in mind what Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” If you ultimately live by this motto, then you will not be vulnerable to the heresy of the world.

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