Netball is the most participated sport in all of Australia. When you narrow it down to a school environment, you can usually distinguish the girls who play netball to those who don’t. In this essay, I will be discussing how netball seems to have become more a group of girls rather than a sport.
Schools with specialist netball programs witness the differences between the girls who play netball and those who don’t. There are few exceptions, but the vast majority of the netballers are in the “popular” group. Girls who want to fit in with the “popular” girls may feel pressured to play netball. This could be a good turn for their health, but cloning themselves is unhealthy. Stereotypically, there seems to be a certain type of girl who plays netball- one who follows the crowd, wants to fit in and be like everyone else. You can sometimes tell if a girl plays netball just by the way she does her hair and makeup, generally all the other netballers look the same.
Another aspect that seems to be relatively common in netball games: is the gossiping about other players between quarters, or even...
In May 1932, Fanny noticed that there was no actual league for softball, unlike her male counterparts. So she helped to create the Provincial Women’s Softball Union of Québec, she served as the president. This league is a huge deal, currently many softball players in Quebec and Ontario alike have played under them, either on a team or a tournament. This league was revolutionary at its time, it allowed many girls from all over Quebec to finally participate in softball. The PWSUQ was one way Fanny established herself in the community of sport. Another way was her journalism career for the globe and mail through her column “Sports Reel” she was able to defend women’s sports. It wasn’t uncommon for male writers to write in and express negative opinions of women in sport. Fanny was witty and always had something to say back to them. As insignificant this may seem it was actually a very important event. Through her column Bobbie was able to change the perspectives of many men and women alike of women in
Analysis of a game can also be used in order to keep players safe. If
Hult explains that in the era between 1890-1920, women physical educators were a tightly knit, dedicated group committed to a tradition of restricted competition, self-governance, and a feminine approach to individual and team sports. They believed that all girls and women should have the opportunity to participate and enjoy sport, not only the talented elite as in the competition-driven male philosophical structure (87). Play-days and sport-days with emphasis on team building games were a means of perpetuating an image of an ideal American female athlete: feminine, beautiful, strong, yet always 'aware of her delicate reproductive system' (89).
In 1970 only 1 in 27 girls participated in high school sports, today that ratio is 1 in 3. Sports are a very important part of the American society. Within sports heroes are made, goals are set and dreams are lived. The media makes all these things possible by creating publicity for the rising stars of today. Within society today, the media has downplayed the role of the woman within sports. When the American people think of women in sports, they think of ice skating, field hockey and diving. People don’t recognize that women have the potential to play any sport that a Man can play, with equal skill, if not better.
Girls are told to stay indoors and play with their dolls or bake, while boys are encouraged to go outdoors, get dirty, and be adventurous. Wade and Ferree also state “sports are squarely on the masculine side of the gender binary” (Wade and Ferree, 174). Hence, we are brought up with the understanding that playing and talking about sports is a boy’s thing, which further promotes the notion that sports are a very masculine thing. Furthermore, as playing sports is competitive and is a way to show excellence, young boys are considered as “real boys” and “real men” later on. However, when boys do not talk about or play sports, they are considered feminine or “not real men.” The same rule applies for young girls. If young girls are too into sports, they are considered to be “too masculine.” This is true for me too. When I was younger, I was told to not play too much outdoors and to behave “like a girl.” The stigma that only boys should be allowed to play sports and it is not a feminine thing needs to be erased for us to welcome a more gender-equal
Looking back at Statskys essay she noted that children quits sports mostly “apart from their change in interest” but also because of “…lack of playing time, failure and fear of failure, disapproval by significant others and psychological stress ” (3) one will agree with me that teenagers are influenced by the parents, coaches and their friends. This group of people are considered as outside forces in every sport thereby making them loose interest in sports and not the sport discouraging the children from indulging. I do not agree that competitive sport is derailing Children advantage to partake in sporting competitions; rather it tends to develop their skills, needs and abilities.
Another example that demonstrates transgender discrimination within sports would be the New Zealand sport Netball, which is equivalent to basketball. Originally, only played by women but eventually expanding to men. In the 70s, many transgender athletes
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Society shapes and influence equity in and access to sport. The way this links to European Handball is that it is not a popular sport, which is another reason it is not implemented into StAC within an earlier grade. It is not an Australian sport, not many people have the correct knowledge about the sport and have probably never heard about it unlike rugby and netball. Stated by the name of the sport, it is recognised in Europe, mainly; Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden. The effect it has on the acceptance at St Augustine’s College is that it’s a marginalized sport not a cultured sport and has been marginalized within St Augustine’s College because there is no Seca days or fixtures for the sport. Australians are serious when it comes to sport as it unifies them as a society. Once a sport has shown popularity sports without the dominance and popularity will be pushed to the side for the popular sports to be focused on. Society influences which sport people participate in because of the ideals within one’s culture. ("Cultural Influences on Equity and Sports Participation | Gender Role | Masculinity", 2018) Before grade 10, students had never played the sport unless within a club, which is not likely as there is one handball club in Queensland (Handball Queensland). In the past, society has seen sport as a male dominate structure, as present times evolve females are getting a look in which is expanding the values and expectations of the sport within society and in St Augustine’s College. European handball gaining acceptance into St Augustine’s College, has a barrier of recognition, education, and attitudes towards the game
The first perspective is that women are disadvantaged at any sport. Some people reiterate the difference of men and women in sports. This is influenced by strength and the natural power men hold, comparable to women. Rodriguez questions “Is this because female athletes don’t have what it takes to make it in the world of sports or could it be more of a social issue?” This perspective seems to be a social issue based on the notable skills women acquire vs. the apparent judgments of gender issues. The second perspective is the idea that women deserve and inherently earn their right of equal attention and equal pay. “Sometimes, the secret to equality is not positive discrimination, it 's equal terms. It 's the shrug of the shoulders that says "what 's the difference?" The moment worth aspiring for is not seeing people celebrate the world-class female cricketer who competes at comparatively low-level male professional cricket, but the day when people are aware that she does, and don 't find it notable at all” (Lawson). Lawson makes it a point to confirm the biased notions against women in sports and relay an alternative worth working toward and fighting for. Both outlooks can be biased but only one has factual evidence to back it up. The second perspective reviews an ongoing gender issue. This problem is welcome for change depending on society’s
There are no conclusive evidence that girls on the team or the opposite team jeopardises group or cohesion or that it's a disadvantage statistically when it comes to certain sports with the opposite gender. In fact, research demonstrates that girls who participate with boys in sports are more resilient. A girls biological makeup should never stop them or discriminate them to doing something. Anybody should have the opportunity to play in any sport
Wallace, Robert. “Should Girls Play on Boys’ teams?” Creators.com A Syndicate Of Talent. N.P. 2011. Web. 8 Dec. 2013.
To describe the feminine culture of professional sports is one that is interestingly two-fold. While women are praised for their ability to push themselves to pursue human excellence, the praise comes from the commercialization of professional women such as Serena Williams and Sanya Richards-Ross who are highly sexualized in popular culture. Approaching this from the perspective of a woman who was born as such we see an interesting ideology of what qualifies women to play. Jennifer Waldron (2015) notes in her article It’s Complicated: Negotiations and Complexities of Being a Lesbian in Sport, two important (yet still prevalent) myths that are still held true to an extent. “The first false belief is a woman playing sport, must be a lesbian” (pg. 337). As opposed to men in dominating the masculine playing field and exerting performance to prove the overt amount of testosterone they have, women are viewed often as only being lesbian or trying to achieve the masculine level of performance in a way, and cannot achieve that without being of LGBTQ persuasion. The second myth Waldron describes is one that: “conflates sex, gender and sexuality by re/creating a singular lesbian identity…” (pg. 337). This identity is one that has long perpetuated women in sports and characterizes them as all striving towards masculinity in behavior
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Whether its baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, or tennis, sports is seen all over the world as a representation of one’s pride for their city, country, and even continent. Sports is something that is valued world-wide which has the ability to bring communities together and create different meanings, beliefs and practices between individuals. Although many people may perceive sports to have a significant meaning within our lives, it can also have the ability to separate people through gender inequalities which can also be represented negatively throughout the media. This essay will attempt to prove how gender is constructed in the sports culture while focusing on female athletes and their acceptance in today’s society.