The Role Of Women In Sports
Women in the field of sports always has been undervalued and has struggled enough to be recognized in them, which some remain today. On the one hand, women formerly regarded as housewife and mother without having any kind of participation as a sporty woman in society. Starting with the old Greece, at that time the woman was banned to participate in any kind of sport and if she was married to being a spectator, due to the man was involved with the torso bare and that for married women was punishment of death.
It was in 1900 when a few doors were opened for women at the Olympics, while Pierre Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic Games, had previously argued that the presence of women in a stadium was unsightly, less interesting and wrong. In …show more content…
The FSIF organization later disappeared due to the integration of women's events at the Olympics. United States was the country that has led more women to the Olympic Games and behind him was followed by other countries from 1900 until 1998.
On the other hand the situation of women in sport is currently advancing progressively, although does not have in mind a female victory as much as a male. Women such as Isabel Fernández and Gemma Mengual had to get numerous victories and medals to be known in the media and in society in general.
Given this information and the views of some authors against and in favor in the participation of women in sport, some areas will be analyzed. The relationship between the woman and her body, the influence of women in the media related to sports as well as wage differences that exist between the sexes, in which women is inferior sex in many …show more content…
In the sport and continuing the perspective imposed by society at present, sports information in these media concentrates more on the promotion of male performance due to the important economic and political interests that promotes. The sports information is respondent in a large amount by society, in which reporters spend much of the time in providing sports information. Futhermore, as the General Studies of Media affirm, the Marca is the most sold and read in Spain, reaching nearly 3 million readers per day (as cited on Sainz de Baranda,
It was in 1900 when a few doors were opened for women at the Olympics, while Pierre Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic Games, had previously argued that the presence of women in a stadium was unsightly, less interesting and wrong. In …show more content…
The FSIF organization later disappeared due to the integration of women's events at the Olympics. United States was the country that has led more women to the Olympic Games and behind him was followed by other countries from 1900 until 1998.
On the other hand the situation of women in sport is currently advancing progressively, although does not have in mind a female victory as much as a male. Women such as Isabel Fernández and Gemma Mengual had to get numerous victories and medals to be known in the media and in society in general.
Given this information and the views of some authors against and in favor in the participation of women in sport, some areas will be analyzed. The relationship between the woman and her body, the influence of women in the media related to sports as well as wage differences that exist between the sexes, in which women is inferior sex in many …show more content…
In the sport and continuing the perspective imposed by society at present, sports information in these media concentrates more on the promotion of male performance due to the important economic and political interests that promotes. The sports information is respondent in a large amount by society, in which reporters spend much of the time in providing sports information. Futhermore, as the General Studies of Media affirm, the Marca is the most sold and read in Spain, reaching nearly 3 million readers per day (as cited on Sainz de Baranda,