Saturday, November 1, 2014

The Effects Of Sexism In Sports

By Etta Bowen


There are many areas in which females have been looked down upon. Each and every day women are fighting to be given equal treatment as compared to male. This stretches all the way from allocation of jobs, in the education sector and a recent one is in the sports sector. This has however not been given much attention and majority of the people are not aware of sexism in sports as a rising issue.

The first instance is coverage of the female athletes by the media. The media has been accused of giving less attention to female sports professionals. More attention is given to male participants as compared to the female gender. This has been seen to highly demoralize women and often leads to male athletes feeling superior.

A huge issue also comes out in the types of games kits chosen to be won by the female participants. They are usually short and revealing which has made some of the ladies complain a lot saying that this diminishes their values and standards. Complaints arise in the event that males are not given such huge restrictions. This brings about a ridge between male and female athletes.

In addition to that, complaints have been made on a regular basis concerning how females in sports are prone to verbal and physicals sexual harassment. This is done by their male colleagues and also their coaches. This is a very bad habit that highly discourages ladies to take part in this endeavor. Changes should be made with immediate effect.

In some cases, females are recruited into games in regard to their appearance. Most of the games have a tendency of paying less attention to the talent but instead take interest in physical attractiveness. Conversely, men do not face this challenge as there has been no case in history where the physical appearance of the male players has been taken into consideration. This has by far much led to female oppression within this fraternity.

Football is a game which has been accused of having sexual discrimination. First of all, female football teams are not put on high regard as compared to male football. All the major football games are male dominated. Also, female referees and coaches are looked down upon. Their ideas and opinions are not taken seriously. This has highly demoralized women in taking up these jobs as they are not made comfortable.

In the golf arena, sexism is highly pronounced. This is seen as a mans territory. It has gone to the extent in which some clubs are created to be strictly for men. Women are not allowed to subscribe to these clubs. Many of the competing golfers were questioned concerning these issue and they seemed reluctant to speak about the matter.

In conclusion, just as there is a strong fight being put up on a daily basis to create equality in both sexes in many aspects of the society, similar effort should be seen in the sports area. This is for the main purpose of achieving the main goal of the day which is to create healthy development in the sports sector. Equality should be highly advocated.




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