I have recently been thinking about sports a lot with the
end of college basketball and now hockey and it has made me realize how little
woman sports are appreciated. I have grown up watching UK (university of
Kentucky) basketball and have always been a fan and I have never once watched a
woman’s basketball game all the way through. I find it ridiculous that men get
all the attention when woman work just as hard if not harder. I think it was
something to do with the way I was raised. As said I grew up watching men’s
basketball and men’s football with my dad and never once was there a woman’s
game playing or even mentioned. I think it has to do with societies skewed view
of what is “normal”. Women aren’t supposed to get rough and sweaty, sports are
for men. Women are supposed to sit on the sidelines and look cute while
cheering. Woman can play just as well as men and receive little attention and
even pay. NBA male players make millions and have so many endorsements but you
never see female NBA athletes in the media or spotlight at all. I really
noticed this when I was in Nashville a little less than a month ago and the
weekend I was there was the women’s college basketball final four. For men’s
basketball the city the final four is in is completely packed with people and
almost impossible to find a hotel. Most people in Nashville while I was there
did not even know the final four was going on there. I find this astonishing
and wonder why woman can get the attention they deserve when it comes to sports.
I agree, they are also made fun of sometimes, Like if you say you are watching the WNBA guys will laugh and say how it is not real.
ReplyDeleteyeah this has always been really sad to me haha. To alot of guys even just saying WNBA is a joke
ReplyDeleteThe fact of the matter is that all professional sports leagues are massive business networks and each team in these various leagues are franchises. As we know, when it comes to high level business white men are the overwhelmingly represented group. As an entertainment industry, the success of either women or men teams is linked to society's desire to watch and support them. We cannot force the industry to change in an unconstitutional change, but we should not have to. Somewhere else along the line something is very unfair for women. My personal theory is of course the media is unfairly skewed in its representation, but also that the coaches and parents for female sports at a very young age suppress the young girls' potentials. As stated in my research on biological determinism, the belief of women athletes being inferior will lead to this actually becoming true due to the actual belief itself. As society pampers girls, treat them as fragile, and don't push them in practice at a young age with the same expectations as boys then women athletes will be worse out of a simple lack of faith given to them by others and themselves. It is not logical to blame any fair businesses like the WNBA or NBA, the only people to blame are those who create weaker athletes (coaches lacking in faith and potentially interest) and also the media to an extent.
ReplyDeleteThis has bother me too and also the fact a girl playing a sport is labeled a tom boy! I don't understand why we have label gender to sports
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