The Sport Of Soccer Is A Women's Sport

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“Honey, you do not want to play baseball; that is for boys. Why don’t you take dance lessons instead?” At a young age, girls do not understand what this comment can mean to them in the future. Are males the only group of people who can play baseball or football? Why do parents want their little girls to play “girl” sports rather than the societal “boy” sport? This ideal of separating boys and girls into different sports can and will have long-term effects that adults are not aware of if they instill this mentality into their children. In today’s society, men and women are compared on the traits they have or don’t have when it comes to sports. In 1972 after Title IX was passed, there were uphill battles that women had to face and a lot …show more content…

For instances, about 92% of the athletes in France who play soccer are men and about 94% of the athletes who play rugby are men. Women represent about 98% who dance and about 78% who are in gymnastics. Is it still acceptable to say that soccer is a man’s sport and gymnastics is a women’s sport. It is a clear fact that gymnastics is not shown as much on the media as much as soccer or basketball is. There are many female and male athletes who have made tremendous achievements. Society though, does not care and will only cover what excites people. Why can’t the media make gymnastics and dance more exciting? We only hear about the famous women who have made great strides with gymnastics. When it comes to soccer, the average American can probably name 5-7 male athletes but maybe only one female athlete. With this stigma, we see soccer as a ‘man’ sport. A social inequality is created and then society places men and women into different categories of their traits. People view males tougher so they automatically perceive males to play soccer, basketball or rugby. Women are seen as more fragile so women are viewed to participate in dance and gymnastics. Instead of this social inequality, it should be thought as a mere difference in males and females. How can we shape the way people think? Women are participating more and more in all sports and achieving a great number of records and titles in ‘male dominant’ sports. The same goes for men in predominately ‘female’ sports. There should be more coverage on these athletes and more recognition for the simple fact of awareness that there is a cross-gender participation movement of athletes who are conforming the way most people

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