Benefits Of Engaging In Sports
voluntary participants, accessibility is a challenge for those compelled to play under policies and doctor’s recommendation.
Fringe benefits
Even though participants are influenced by several factors to play sports, the unforeseen benefits associated playing serve as additional motivation to engage in physical activity. These fringe benefits include: controlling deviant behaviors, addressing transgender issues, creating opportunities (jobs, networking), saving lives and academic benefits.
Sports is used as an effective discipline and control tool for deviant behavior for special needs (Down syndrome) children/people requiring more attention. Engaging in sports make such participants happy. The happier they are, the easier it is to control …show more content…
Sports like gymnastics which is associated with beauty and grace, is regarded as feminine whiles sports like football and boxing with elements of violence, aggression and physical contact are regarded as masculine (Koivula 2001). However, findings of this study contrast suggest the opposite. The study has discovered that many women to play soccer/football and other contact/aggressive sports. This findings in my study agree with UEFA (2014-15:14) which posits that there has been exponential increase in the number of female players in soccer from between 600% to 900% between 2010-2014. Soccer serves as one of the sites that has challenge the ideology of what has been labelled as feminine sports. In this study, soccer is among the top three preferred sports for …show more content…
High levels of inequalities have discouraged many women from pursuing careers in sports. All stakeholders have not fully embraced the concept of women as equal sport participants with men. The levels of hegemony and homophobia in society directly influences the extent of women involvement. Inequalities like salaries/pay, sponsorship, funding, viewership/attendance/spectatorship, and sports consumption exist. For example, female coaches and other professional athletes are paid less than their male counterparts. Additionally, there are both structural and ideological inequalities. Some communities make it easier, okay, and support men to play while the opposite holds for women. Ideological and structural issues varies from culture to culture and occurs in many societies. This explains the differences in participation gap in women sports. Issues of stereotypes, stigma, restricted stakeholder involvement, limited opportunity (employment, pay, leadership, research, management, administrative), and unequal resource allocation, has a negative impact on women participation in sports. Performance and involvement of women in sports will improve if there is a guarantee of equality of treatment and equitable distribution of resources. This is shown in sports like tennis where they have achieved some amount of equality, there has been increased interest, sponsorship and
Fringe benefits
Even though participants are influenced by several factors to play sports, the unforeseen benefits associated playing serve as additional motivation to engage in physical activity. These fringe benefits include: controlling deviant behaviors, addressing transgender issues, creating opportunities (jobs, networking), saving lives and academic benefits.
Sports is used as an effective discipline and control tool for deviant behavior for special needs (Down syndrome) children/people requiring more attention. Engaging in sports make such participants happy. The happier they are, the easier it is to control …show more content…
Sports like gymnastics which is associated with beauty and grace, is regarded as feminine whiles sports like football and boxing with elements of violence, aggression and physical contact are regarded as masculine (Koivula 2001). However, findings of this study contrast suggest the opposite. The study has discovered that many women to play soccer/football and other contact/aggressive sports. This findings in my study agree with UEFA (2014-15:14) which posits that there has been exponential increase in the number of female players in soccer from between 600% to 900% between 2010-2014. Soccer serves as one of the sites that has challenge the ideology of what has been labelled as feminine sports. In this study, soccer is among the top three preferred sports for …show more content…
High levels of inequalities have discouraged many women from pursuing careers in sports. All stakeholders have not fully embraced the concept of women as equal sport participants with men. The levels of hegemony and homophobia in society directly influences the extent of women involvement. Inequalities like salaries/pay, sponsorship, funding, viewership/attendance/spectatorship, and sports consumption exist. For example, female coaches and other professional athletes are paid less than their male counterparts. Additionally, there are both structural and ideological inequalities. Some communities make it easier, okay, and support men to play while the opposite holds for women. Ideological and structural issues varies from culture to culture and occurs in many societies. This explains the differences in participation gap in women sports. Issues of stereotypes, stigma, restricted stakeholder involvement, limited opportunity (employment, pay, leadership, research, management, administrative), and unequal resource allocation, has a negative impact on women participation in sports. Performance and involvement of women in sports will improve if there is a guarantee of equality of treatment and equitable distribution of resources. This is shown in sports like tennis where they have achieved some amount of equality, there has been increased interest, sponsorship and