Our Biased Culture is Hindering Women in Sports
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Our Biased Culture is Hindering Women in Sports
Only recently have women been able to compete in a very public way, with established leagues, payrolls and plenty of endorsement opportunities. Title IX has allowed teams of girls for almost every sport as well as better opportunities for sports scholarships to college and many other privileges only given to boys for their talents in sports. Under all these legal provisions and establishments for the encouragement of women in sports, women should now really be able to do any kind of sport they want in as much freedom as is afforded to men in sports.
Although women have been given so many freedoms in this field, it is the social aspect, the audiences of sports, the people of our biased culture that is now hindering women who wish to be known as athletes and competitors. Our culture is filled with deeply imbedded ideas about power and strength and competition being masculine qualities, and for women to want to embody these things is confusing and goes against our unconscious stereotypes about the abilities and attributes of men versus women. The acceptance of women in sports becomes not a matter of ability of talent in their field, but rather is based on ways women can be what is considered by our culture to be feminine while they play their sport. If a woman can still be what the average person thinks of as a woman while also displaying talent, her "masculine" attributes can be more accepted by the audience and so the woman is more accepted.
There has long been a stigma of strong women as masculine, base, somehow not as good and pure a character as more demure, quiet, passive women. In sport, women cannot help but show their aggression and competitiveness just as men do in ...
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... society, than can digressing from these roles harm the society? The problem with the situation is that culture and social mores rarely take into account freedoms of the individual and the choices individual make. There are many women who truly want to get married and stay at home with their children and devote themselves to the needs of theirs husbands and children. However, there may be just as many women who want to get jobs or live in unorthodox familial situations or play sports. It may take time for these desires to also be generally acceptable by our society, but what is needed is not change but flexibility. If more people can understand that people need to do what they think is right and set goals which they can work hard to accomplish, then people may be less likely to persecute each other about life paths dictated by the individual rather than by society.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that our biased culture is hindering women in sports. title ix has allowed teams of girls for almost every sport as well as better opportunities for sports scholarships to college and many other privileges only given to boys.
- Argues that women's acceptance in sports is not a matter of ability of talent in their field, but rather based on ways women can be what the average person considers as feminine while they play their sport.
- Explains the stigma of strong women as masculine, base, not as good and pure a character as more demure, quiet, passive women.
- Argues that our biased culture is hindering women in sports. title ix has allowed teams of girls for almost every sport as well as better opportunities for sports scholarships to college and many other privileges only given to boys.
- Argues that women's acceptance in sports is not a matter of ability of talent in their field, but rather based on ways women can be what the average person considers as feminine while they play their sport.
- Explains the stigma of strong women as masculine, base, not as good and pure a character as more demure, quiet, passive women.
- Explains how prejudices can be unconscious but still very apparent in the field of sports. sports have been present in cultures from which ours derives for centuries.
- Analyzes how women have tried to gain acceptance while still playing their sport by balancing their femininity with their culturally masculine traits. the movie blue crush shows how desperately many women try to be accepted as likable people who are also athletes.
- Opines that culture and social mores rarely take into account freedoms of the individual and the choices individual make. it may take time for these desires to be acceptable by our society.
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- Opines that sports is a right of passage that has always been grafted to boys and men. it's time for society to accept women athletes and give them the attention they deserve.
- Explains that professional women's sports haven't been around too long, although it does have an extensive history and root system. vasser became one of the first women colleges in the united states.
- Analyzes the lack of coverage of women's sports by television stations, newspapers, and magazines.
- Opines that sports is a right of passage that has always been grafted to boys and men. it's time for society to accept women athletes and give them the attention they deserve.
- Explains that professional women's sports haven't been around too long, although it does have an extensive history and root system. vasser became one of the first women colleges in the united states.
- Describes how gertrude elderly became the first woman to swim the english channel freestyle in 1926.
- Opines that women's sports have been around for some time and are continually increasing in popularity. however, production quality is uneven and behind that of men’s games.
- Explains that the national basketball association signed a three-year sponsorship deal with marketers including coca-cola, general motors corp., and lee jeans trusting the nba could bring forth compelling sports entertainment to market women.
- Opines that there is not much room for women's games on the networks, and advertisers are not convinved that the way to reach them is through their sports.
- Opines that networks and journalists have the power to choose to cover women's sports more, and they choose not to.
- Explains that the most popular sporting event in march is "march madness," which is the ncaa championship.
- Explains that magazines like shape, sports traveler, and fitness have not covered women's sports or athletes, but rather the fitness of women.
- Explains that parents today are the first generation to fully and whole-heartedly support their daughters as athletes.
- Opines that women's sports are played too early in the evenings, which is when most people are coming home from work or eating dinner with their families.
- Opines that women's sports journalism and media coverage, like the best suff about male athletes, will tackle the psychology, sociology, and physiology of sports.
- Cites kort michele, cynthia lucias, and benita fitzgerald. "no flash in the pan: seven reasons why women's sports are here to stay."
1840 wordsRead More - Men, Women, and Sports: What is Acceptable?opinion essayThroughout history, society has clearly defined the roles that men and women were expected to play. In these roles, men were seen as both physically and mentally stronger, and women were seen as more gentle, caring and physically and mentally weaker. As such, men participating in sports which demonstrate grace and elegance was not, and to some extent, still is not considered to be the norm. Likewise, women participating in sports which demonstrate or require a great deal of physical strength is considered to be un-ladylike.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that society has clearly defined the roles that men and women were expected to play. men participating in sports which demonstrate grace and elegance is not considered the norm.
- Explains that men and women have a certain physical image, which makes them vulnerable to ridicule and prejudice from society. women who are exceptionally physically fit or have large and well-defined muscles are seen as strange.
- Argues that men who do not carry the image of testosterone-filled, macho, muscular and physically strong people are seen as less manly than they should be.
- Explains that society has clearly defined the roles that men and women were expected to play. men participating in sports which demonstrate grace and elegance is not considered the norm.
- Explains that men and women have a certain physical image, which makes them vulnerable to ridicule and prejudice from society. women who are exceptionally physically fit or have large and well-defined muscles are seen as strange.
- Argues that men who do not carry the image of testosterone-filled, macho, muscular and physically strong people are seen as less manly than they should be.
- Explains that society views people partaking in sports not traditionally associated with their gender as people who are trying to cross gender lines.
- Opines that martina was the first female tennis player who began to play tennis more as a power sport, and was ridiculed and branded as the proverbial bad egg.
- Opines that women who portray a feminine image and are physically attractive are given more favorable press coverage if they are still accepted in sports.
- Explains that the distinctive male and female roles extend beyond the realm of sports. there are still many jobs and fields of study which are traditionally seen as "male" fields.
- Explains that the sciences are male-dominated, whereas the humanities, social sciences, and secretarial jobs are women's jobs.
- Opines that there are many incongruities between what is considered acceptable for men and what's considered unacceptable for women, and this can be seen in all walks of life.
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