Gender Differences In Sports
The bar chart illustrates the popularity of various kinds of sports in New Zealand in 2002, and categorized them by gender. Distinctive preferences are observed between two genders.
First of all, netball turns out to be the most flavored kind of sport among female with approximately a quarter of girls involving themselves in the game, which has almost zero appeal to boys. This type of game also depicts the greatest discrepancy in gender popularity.
Soccer is another sport following a similar trend as netball. Being a quarter of boys’ choice, it is only played by 5% of girls. The situation may be less extreme in other kinds of workout, but the contrast still exists. 10% of boys join cricket but hardly are there girls to take part in.
Interestingly,
First of all, netball turns out to be the most flavored kind of sport among female with approximately a quarter of girls involving themselves in the game, which has almost zero appeal to boys. This type of game also depicts the greatest discrepancy in gender popularity.
Soccer is another sport following a similar trend as netball. Being a quarter of boys’ choice, it is only played by 5% of girls. The situation may be less extreme in other kinds of workout, but the contrast still exists. 10% of boys join cricket but hardly are there girls to take part in.
Interestingly,