Gender equality and inequality has become more prevalent in the past 100 years. Equality in the Olympics occurred around in the 1900s when women competed for the first time. US national sports teams tend to have salary differences between two genders, showing inequality. Local sports teams show gender equality, unfortunately in a negative way (inequality) when it comes to earnings and rules. Equality between genders has presented itself in this school district of Federal Way, allowing male and female athletes play and compete in the same sports. Gender inequality has even played a role in the giving of athletic scholarships to high school student-athletes. The first Olympic Game was on April 6, 1896; however, women competed in the Olympic games for the first time in the 1900 games in Paris, France. Roughly 997 athletes were a part of these games and only about 22 of those people were women. The 22 women participated in five different sports which were tennis, sailing, croquet, …show more content…
For example, the U. S. women’s soccer team recently won the World Cup against Japan, but received less money than the men’s when going to the World cup and losing. The women’s US team not only won the world cup, but they also broke a record of the amount of people who watch the world cup with 25.4 million viewers. Just because the respect for female athletes has increased, they are still being paid a fraction of what male athletes are getting paid for. For winning the World cup, the US women’s team had to split about 2 million, while the men were allowed to split 8 million for losing the World cup. Although many say the pay difference is due to the viewership, the women’s team had more viewers this last World Cup than the men. The men’s national team also brought in more money through sponsors. Women only had 17mil compared to the men who had 529 million in sponsors.
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During the last decade, women have experienced a significant advance in matters of equal rights. Their roles in society have diversified; challenging chauvinistic ideologies and perspectives. However, there are specific areas where male seem to have the predominant role and women are stuck. According to Michael Desbordes in the article “Endorsement by ‘Looks’”, American society has experienced positive changes regarding gender equality in sports, but women still face issues when it comes to sponsorships, because there are gender biases that negatively affect their image as professional athletes. Moreover, the factors that strongly influence sponsors to prefer men athletes over women have direct relationship with American society’s attitudes.
The enactment of this Title has significantly changed the playing field for athletic departments through out the nation by altering their funding systems to comply with its rules. As a result, women have benefited greatly. There have been additions of female sports as well as an increase of the number of scholarships awarded to female athletes, and also a lot more funding to provide more “equitable” facilities for them. According to the NCAA Gender Equity Studies , “from 1992 to 1997 NCAA institutions have increased the number of female athletes by 5,800. But tragically during that time these colleges also eliminated 20,900 male athletes.” (Kocher p.1) This dramatic landslide has occurred because athletic departments are under pressure to rapidly increase the proportion of female athletes by whatever means necessary. As the path toward complete “equality” gradually brightens for women in college athletics, a dark path is now becoming evident. Male athletes, in a sense, are now being discriminated against because of Title IX.
Traditionally men have dominated the world of sports however in recent year’s women’s sports have become popular and with their new found popularity, women’s sports have evolved into marketable leagues of their own. Although women’s sports took a huge leap forward, women players still don’t receive the same financial compensation for playing the same sports in the same arenas as their male counterparts. In Purse Snatching by Donna Lopiano, she points out sexism may have a huge effect on this financial discrepancy between women and men athletes. Analyzing sports economics may point to a different reason why women are receiving such a compensation disparity.
Unintentionally, a lot of us have been boxed into institutions that promote gender inequality. Even though this was more prominent decades ago, we still see how prevalent it is in today’s world. According to the authors of the book, Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions, Lisa Wade and Myra Marx Ferree define gendered institutions as “the one in which gender is used as an organizing principle” (Wade and Ferree, 167). A great example of such a gendered institution is the sports industry. Specifically in this industry, we see how men and women are separated and often differently valued into social spaces or activities and in return often unequal consequences. This paper will discuss the stigma of sports, how gender is used to separate athletes, and also what we can learn from sports at Iowa State.
One would think that a professional player on an elite team would be making enough money to support herself and continue doing what she loves, but this assumption is sadly false. Rejzovic plays volleyball professionally and has a full-time job as though she is an amateur. According to the chairman of her club team, she is playing the wrong sport and is not of the opposite gender. Rejzovic stated, “Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of becoming a pro. I thought it would be glamourous, but life as a pro isn’t what I imagined” (Tornkvist, 2016). The discrimination is preventing women from progressing forward in professional sports. Payment has nothing to do with performance because Rejzovic and her team has been number one in the league many times in the past ten years (Tornkvist,
There is a high degree of social inequality within the United States. Of most modern industrial countries, the United Stated has some of the richest and some of the poorest people to be found. That fact is very disturbing, however, explains why much of the inequality exists in the US. In the following essay I will explain to you about the inequality in our country and why it occurs, based on the theoretical perspectives of a functionalist, conflict theorist, and social interationist.
It has taken many years for women to gain a semblance of equality in sports. Throughout history, women have been both excluded from playing sports and discriminated against in sports. Men’s sports have always dominated the college athletic field, but women were finally given a fighting chance after Title IX was passed. Title IX, among other things, requires scholarships to be equally proportioned between men and women’s sports. Although this was a huge gain for women, gender inequality still exists in sports today. An example of this persisting inequality can be seen when looking at men’s baseball and women’s softball. In college, baseball and softball are both major NCAA sports. It is widely accepted throughout today’s society that baseball is a man’s sport, and softball is a woman’s sport. Very few people question why the two sexes are separated into two different sports, or wonder why women play softball instead of baseball. Fewer people know that women have been essentially excluded from playing baseball for a long time. This paper will focus on why softball has not changed the way women’s basketball has, why women continue to play softball, the possibilities and dynamics of women playing baseball with and without men, and the most discriminating aspect of women being banned from playing professional baseball.
Over two decades have passed since the enactment of Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education, including athletics. As a result of Title IX, women and girls have benefited from more athletic participation opportunities and more equitable facilities. Because of Title IX, more women have received athletic scholarships and thus opportunities for higher education that some may not have been able to afford otherwise. In addition, because of Title IX the salaries of coaches for women's teams have increased. Despite the obstacles women face in athletics, many women have led and are leading the way to gender equity.
Women in sports demand quality assurance for their hard work. Sad to say this is not implemented in the sports “world” of women. “One of the theories behind this is that society doesn’t like to see women in roles that go against the norm of what a woman “should be” (Rodriguez).” Fortunately this stems from ignorance and prejudice beliefs. Especially through the media, both of which can be learned. The media can alter sports viewer’s opinions by relaying positive messages toward women’s sports. As well as sports authoritators distributing equal pay for equal work. The abundant amount of support that the media and viewers allocate will allow a higher amount of equality for women in the sports industry. This kind of support will lead women in sports salaries rise and eventually match the hardship of achievements as a minority in today’s sports
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
“A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human,” Vera Nazarian. Unfortunately now in the United States, women are being treated less than their male counterparts, especially when it comes to professional athletics. In an article entitled, Taking a Closer Look at the Gender Pay Gap in Sports, written by John Walters on newsweek.com, he exclaims, “Each player on the USWNT earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play. By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games.” Not only does this topic relate to the difference in pay for women and men in soccer but it also relates to all of the other sports like, basketball, tennis and the many other were males participate too in separate organizations. The topic on whether female athletes should be paid the same as their male counterparts, is a massive debate with two opposing sides. On one side of the debate, people believe male driven associations produce more revenue than female driven associations, the competition in male sports is more intense, and more fans want to see thunderous dunks and the athletic ability of males over the lesser abilities of what females can do. On the contrary, female athletics aren 't given the same recognition or praise, females go through the same types of workouts males go through and they participate in the same types of events, and females don 't have the same abilities as males due to the way they ar...
female athlete was still considered to be passive and weak, some would say women’s sports is a waste of time because women aren’t supposed to be playing sports because of the original stereotypes that woman are too feminine and too easy going to actually be a dominate figure in their sport.
Whether its baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, or tennis, sports is seen all over the world as a representation of one’s pride for their city, country, and even continent. Sports is something that is valued world-wide which has the ability to bring communities together and create different meanings, beliefs and practices between individuals. Although many people may perceive sports to have a significant meaning within our lives, it can also have the ability to separate people through gender inequalities which can also be represented negatively throughout the media. This essay will attempt to prove how gender is constructed in the sports culture while focusing on female athletes and their acceptance in today’s society.
If boys get more recognition than girls this creates discrimination amongst gender. Victoria, coach of girls’ basketball team states “It’s like a sexist thing. We had our first game against Henryville. We had seven people in the stands for our team. Henryville had had like, eight maybe.” An example of this humiliation. I say humiliation because the girls’ basketball team walks into the court tall and proud, but the second they witness the amount of people their jaws drop; especially if they are about seven to eight people in their stands. Girls are not allowed to play football but boys are. Based on the article “Imposing Gender Equality Rules in Sports: Discrimination or Necessary Evil” it states, Girls mays not participate on a boys’ team in MHSAA sponsored post season meets and tournaments.” In arguing this claim, I ague that because this is just an example stereotyping women on the basis of their gender. In the olden times, women weren’t allowed to do the same as men. But in today’s world everything is supposed to be equal among all genders, because way back in the early 1920’s duplicate rights were given to both men and women. In the account “Women’s Basketball” the author suggests, “Women’s basketball today has changed a lot over the years”. I disagree with this author because until today women are being judged on the basis of their gender. In the words of sports reporter /recorder Maya Jex m, “The challenges are