Gender Bias In Sports
Women's sport has been defined and shaped by "...men's values, men's understanding of the world, and men's experiences-all of which suppress the development and expression of female value. The history and evolution of gendered sport cultures substantiates this statement and provides evidence, not only of historic and existing gender bias in sport, but of a sport culture created and sustained to nurture that bias.(Everhart and Pemberton). A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves. In this case people shouldn’t judge you on how you play sports because of your gender. Even though boys are aggressive, girls should get to play football with boys because equal rights to play and
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Separating genders is unfair as the opportunities are not equal. As generally more boys want to play sports, there are more teams for them so they have a wider variety of sports to choose from. It’s unfair to think that a girl can’t play sports with boys as she may get hurt. (“Should sports at school”). It’s crazy for them to allow weaker boys to play with other boys but stronger girls are not allowed despite the chances of the weaker boy getting hurt being higher. (“Should sports at school”). Girls have rights to and since us girls aren’t allowed to be on the same team as boys is crazy. Some of us girls are just as strong and tall as some of the boys that play on that team. Another example that shows that equal rights to play is. If you’re goingto separate teams base it on skill not gender. Some sports advantage is height for others its strength, girls and boys can be tall or strong. (“Should sports at school”). Women and girls have not been provided equal opportunities in sports because of perceptions relative to physiological differences between the sexes, societal norms and attitudes, and organizational rules and support. (Everhart and Pemberton) A lot of girls out there don’t get to show people there full potential in something because everyone thinks there’re weak or they can’t handle it because there’re
Separating genders is unfair as the opportunities are not equal. As generally more boys want to play sports, there are more teams for them so they have a wider variety of sports to choose from. It’s unfair to think that a girl can’t play sports with boys as she may get hurt. (“Should sports at school”). It’s crazy for them to allow weaker boys to play with other boys but stronger girls are not allowed despite the chances of the weaker boy getting hurt being higher. (“Should sports at school”). Girls have rights to and since us girls aren’t allowed to be on the same team as boys is crazy. Some of us girls are just as strong and tall as some of the boys that play on that team. Another example that shows that equal rights to play is. If you’re goingto separate teams base it on skill not gender. Some sports advantage is height for others its strength, girls and boys can be tall or strong. (“Should sports at school”). Women and girls have not been provided equal opportunities in sports because of perceptions relative to physiological differences between the sexes, societal norms and attitudes, and organizational rules and support. (Everhart and Pemberton) A lot of girls out there don’t get to show people there full potential in something because everyone thinks there’re weak or they can’t handle it because there’re