What Are Gender Differences In Sports

The behavior that I am interested in is the difference that males and females react at sporting events. You often hear about sports fans overreacting and being obnoxious enough to get kicked out of games. If an administrator, or whoever is in charge at the game can understand what makes people act the way they do at sporting events; they could try and minimize the negative outcalls and make the game more suitable and more enjoyable for everyone. As well as being in psychology class, I am also in a genders studies class. Which gave me the idea to study the difference in males and females. With what we have discussed in my genders class, stereotypically males are more “into” sports and more likely to be loud and obnoxious at sporting events.

Annika’s mom was quiet, hardly ever said a word. Annika’s dad; Andy Kaufmann who was a division 1 college basketball standout at University of Illinois, yelled at Annika constantly. Even though he never yelled at the refs, he never missed an opportunity to say something to his daughter after she messed up. Sydney’s parents were the only ones who would prove my theory wrong. Sydney’s mom was loud and yelling at the players and refs. However, Sydney’s dad was also the scorekeeper for West Central. And the scorekeepers are supposed to stay quiet and not say anything to the refs. He still was able to yell at Sydney and get a few remarks to the refs after a bad call. Jaelyne’s and Dani’s parents were both pretty quiet, neither the fathers nor the mothers stood out at the game. Izzy’s parents were not present. Izzy’s brother Gabe was playing in the 8th grade state tournament the same night. However, at other games I had notice that Izzy’s dad would be the only one of the two to stand up and say something to Izzy during the game. The mother would stay pretty quiet the whole time. Maddie’s parents were the same way as Annika’s. Maddie’s dad (Steve) would stand up and yell at Maddie and yell at refs during the game. Maddie’s mom would never say a word. It didn’t happen at this particular game, but I do remember Maddie’s mom actually getting up and going to sit somewhere else because she didn’t want to sit next to Steve because he was being too obnoxious and loud. Logyn’s parents were the stat keepers. Neither of them yelled, but that may be due to the fact that they had to concentrate on making sure they got the stats right. And finally I did not observe Ashley’s (my sister) parents because they knew I was doing the