Gender Equality In Women's Soccer

Gender equality is a vast issue even in sports today, especially women’s soccer. Women’s soccer has been overlooked and pushed aside by many people around the globe. Each year, fewer and fewer people enjoy the sport of soccer and it is having an impact on both genders, but more so on females. The decrease in people appreciating women’s soccer has led to many problems for the female players. Women soccer players should receive the same field conditions as men, play in better stadiums, and receive a better pay.

Women soccer players should receive the same field conditions as the men do. The women practice on grass then plays matches on turf. They do not have the chance to practice and establish a feel for turf before they play the game. As for the men, they practice on grass and play their games on grass. They do not have to face

One week after the women’s national team won the World Cup, they filed a wage discrimination to the EEOC. The EEOC is the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The players argued that the U.S. Soccer Federation pays the men's national team significantly more than they pay the women for the same job, even though the women are vastly more successful than the men (Munson and Lawrence, 2016, pg 1). The men pocketed $9 million after reaching the round of 16 in their 2014 World Cup, the women, who blew through the round of 16 and marched all the way to the top of the winner’s podium, pulled in just $2 million to divvy up between them. The men also earn at least $5,000 for every additional contest they play over that 20-game baseline in the World Cup, the women receive no additional pay (Spies-Gans, 2016, pg 1). This clearly displays how the men’s national team acquires a generous amount of money for not even being a superb team and the women are the opposite and receive about a quarter of what the men