Summary: The Role Of Engaging In Sports
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use sports to improve people’s lives (United Nation 2005). Those who engage in sports use it as a medium to have fun as well as appreciate the positive social interaction with peers and other competitors associated with it. Athletes can enhance their individualities like leadership and moral development, and pro-social sports behaviour by sports engagement (Weinberg and Gould, 2011). Sports can be used as a powerful social tool to change dominant ideologies (Appleby and Foster 2013).The subject of growing research efforts are attempts to know the factors influencing leisure activities and its positive contribution on health (Mannell, 2007). Recently, sports is used as a catalyst for social change and also to challenge the common way of thinking, …show more content…
There have been attempts by various interest groups to close the sports participation gap between men and women. For example, Cortis (2009) notes that, in modern years, there have been attempts to address the barriers to women’s participation in sports through women centered organisations, events and exercise spaces. These women focused organisations, have provided several opportunities to engage in sports resulting in women feeling more confident and comfortable in sports and fitness environment Cortis (2009). The purpose of women only events is give women the opportunity to develop physical skills, health, and confidence associated with engaging in sports. Women centered gyms/spaces have found a place in sports events with several races like tournaments like volleyball have been created for women only (Appleby and Foster 2013:13). This has advantages like increased participation rates and a disadvantage of sending mixed social signals (Schofield and Dickson …show more content…
In many societies, it is considered unsuitable for women to engage in sports, and women who do so may be perceived as masculine activity (Server 2005). This phenomena of ideology and homophobia expressed by the media end up discouraging female athletes from expressing themselves genuinely. This demotivate women from engaging in sports (Appleby and Foster 2013) resulting in fewer women frequently seen participating in sports activities than men (Server 2005). Scholars have shown that these hegemonic and homophobic stereotypes are strengthened through the chronic underrepresentation of women in the media (King 2007). Social-class hierarchies create inequalities, by maintaining the sex-gender system (Besnier and Brownell 2012) and also reinforcing damaging social trends like racism, gender inequity, and excessive violence (Appleby and Foster 2013). Again, researchers have doubts if women will continue to engage in sports as they age as a result of factors such as work, parenthood, confidence, and the environment (Appleby and Foster
In this essay, the author
- Explains that sports are used to improve people's lives, as well as to enhance their individualities and pro-social sports behaviour.
- Explains how women centered organisations, events, and exercise spaces have helped women develop physical skills, health and confidence in sports. further global models have been developed to increase participation.
- Analyzes how social ideologies that prescribe what is sports are appropriate or inappropriate for women tend to influence their participation.
- Explains that sports are used to improve people's lives, as well as to enhance their individualities and pro-social sports behaviour.
- Explains how women centered organisations, events, and exercise spaces have helped women develop physical skills, health and confidence in sports. further global models have been developed to increase participation.
- Analyzes how social ideologies that prescribe what is sports are appropriate or inappropriate for women tend to influence their participation.
- Explains that their interest in sports is based on their nurturing, which has influenced their choice of the topic.
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1075 wordsRead More - Women in Sportsopinion essayIn the last one hundred years women have made tremendous inroads in many facets of life. Of that there can be little doubt. Women may now hold jobs, own property and participate in professional sports. Today women can compete in sports, once a vestige of male domination; there is now room for women in that arena. But even today women in sports are not portrayed in the same light as their male counterparts. To a large degree this is because of today's cultural ideal of women.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that women have made tremendous inroads in many facets of life over the last century, but they are not portrayed in the same light as their male counterparts.
- Explains that babe didrickson and billy jean king have brought female athletes into mainstream acceptance. in earlier times, women were thought to be weaker than men and not able to stand the physical rigors of sport.
- Explains that women have been able to break out of the traditional female mold and have emerged into all sorts of male dominated arenas, including sports. the wnba was created giving women a professional league for the first time since the all american girls professional baseball league.
- Opines that women have made tremendous inroads in many facets of life over the last century, but they are not portrayed in the same light as their male counterparts.
- Explains that babe didrickson and billy jean king have brought female athletes into mainstream acceptance. in earlier times, women were thought to be weaker than men and not able to stand the physical rigors of sport.
- Explains that women have been able to break out of the traditional female mold and have emerged into all sorts of male dominated arenas, including sports. the wnba was created giving women a professional league for the first time since the all american girls professional baseball league.
- Argues that women athletes are not permitted to be masculine, but they need to keep their femininity intact. babe didrickson was forced to change her image to suit our culture's sense of what a woman should be.
- Opines that women who body-build are not given the same respect as men who do. women are accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs and are considered unnatural.
- Opines that women should be athletic as long as they keep it within certain guidelines. a man is devoted to his sport and a wife and children are proud of him.
- Opines that in order for women athletes to achieve true equality, our culture's ideals must be adjusted to make way for them.
700 wordsRead More - Masculinity in Athleticsanalytical essaySports, in general, are a male dominated activity; every “real” male is suppose to be interested and/or involved in sports in the American society. However, it is not expected of a female to be interested in sports and there is less pressure on them to participate in physically enduring activities. These roles reflect the traditional gender roles imposed on our society that men are supposed to be stronger and dominant and females are expected to be submissive. As Michael Kimmel further analyzes these gender roles by relating that, “feminism also observes that men, as a group, are in power. Thus with the same symmetry, feminism has tended to assume that individually men must feel powerful” (106).
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how masculinity in athletics is a male-dominated activity in american society, but it isn't expected of females to be interested in sports and less pressure on them to participate in physically enduring activities.
- Analyzes how male dominance in soccer can be reflected by the position of the boy, postures of players, and the dark and isolated environment in the shot.
- Analyzes kimmel's statement that peace of mind comes only from a politics of inclusion, not exclusion, from standing up for equality and justice.
- Analyzes how masculinity in athletics is a male-dominated activity in american society, but it isn't expected of females to be interested in sports and less pressure on them to participate in physically enduring activities.
- Analyzes how male dominance in soccer can be reflected by the position of the boy, postures of players, and the dark and isolated environment in the shot.
- Analyzes kimmel's statement that peace of mind comes only from a politics of inclusion, not exclusion, from standing up for equality and justice.
- Analyzes how gender relationships, both traditional and destructive, are reflected in these ordinary action shots. the breaking of traditional roles brings peace between the genders and progression in our culture.
642 wordsRead More - Girlfight - Overcoming Gender Stereotypesanalytical essayIt goes without saying that a person's gender, racial and social origins influence their participation in sports. Particular races and genders often dominate certain sports. African Americans, for example, tend to dominate football and basketball, while Caucasians tend to dominate ice hockey. The same holds true for gender as well. Football is an entirely male dominated sport, while horseback riding, gymnastics and figure skating are much more female oriented. How and why did these divisions come about? Determining the origin of gender goes beyond the scope of this paper, however one can speculate about how gender classifications and stereotypes affect one's role in the sports arena.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that a person's gender, racial and social origins influence their participation in sports. particular races and genders dominate certain sports, such as football and basketball.
- Analyzes how the movie "girl fight" depicts the struggle of a high-school girl, diana guzman, to overcome gender buriers.
- Analyzes how her father has traditional stereotypes of "male" and "female." he believes that the male should be the defender—strong, powerful, and dominant; his children are exactly the opposite.
- Explains that a person's gender, racial and social origins influence their participation in sports. particular races and genders dominate certain sports, such as football and basketball.
- Analyzes how the movie "girl fight" depicts the struggle of a high-school girl, diana guzman, to overcome gender buriers.
- Analyzes how her father has traditional stereotypes of "male" and "female." he believes that the male should be the defender—strong, powerful, and dominant; his children are exactly the opposite.
- Analyzes how diana's relationship with adrian is another form of tension between gender stereotypes in the film.
- Analyzes how diana defies gender stereotypes by breaking into a sport that has traditionally been male dominated.
- Analyzes how diana illustrates the many struggles of women to find a place for themselves in sports.
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