Saturday, March 23, 2013
Women's Sports
Today I was looking at one of my teammates magazines in his room and a majority of them were Sports Illustrated magazines. I noticed a majority of them had pictures of half naked girls on the cover. This made a connection for me on why women are so disrespected in sports. Looking through five Sports Illustrated magazines only four pictures throughout all five magazines showed women in an actual sports setting. All other pictures featured women in swim suits or cheering on male sports. As an athlete I find this very degrading to women. No wonder we are expected to wear skimpy outfits and still look sexy when we are playing a sport. In my opinion I feel that women should be in sports magazines as more than a cheerleader. Maybe if things like this could be changed women's sports would be taken a little more seriously than they are now. Do you all think things like these Sports Illustrated issues are partially the reason for women's sports not being taken seriously?
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I do think that Sports Illustrated is a giant factor as to why women's sports are not taken seriously. It contributes to the idea that women are by-standers and should only think of sports as a way to please the men. I also think how our society views sports in general also contributes to the idea of women's sports as not serious. Men are given the characteristic as "needing to do hard work and labor" to build up their body, and then participate in sports. Then women still carry the stereotype of "being a temporary tomboy, but then must stay home with the children after their childhood." I always get upset when I hear the attendance difference between men and women's sports. I think women's sports need to be praised, because for both genders the physical conditioning is hard work and both games are exciting to see.
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