Essay On Gender Inequality In Sports

One of the biggest inequalities these days is gender inequality. Even after laws were passed against gender inequality in school, more than 4,500 public schools still have it. If the inequality is intentional or not is unknown. Schools are being forced to provide proof that the low amount of girls in sports is simply not enough interest. This task is quite hard to complete. They need to show that girls were not interested in participating, if not, these school will be violating Title IX. Title IX is a law stating that girls had to have equal rights as boys in the athletic field. Yet, another problem has occurred recently. In a study led in 2011-12 a possible 28% schools were violating the law. The amount of girls participating in high school
Actually only 30,000 women participated with such conditions, unlike 170,000 men. Girls that live in any area, city or country, still get less futurity in the athletic field. So the area that they live in has nothing to do with this inequality problem. Schools that had more girls than boys recruited stopped their sports program altogether. Even though many schools have worked hard to give girls and boys equal opportunities in playing school sports, but it’s still not enough. Boys have more chances to be part of sports teams than girls in 2010. Now that awareness for girls are finally being reached, boys are falling behind academically. It is unfair that when girls are left behind, everybody reaches out to help. Unfortunately, when boys start falling behind, society turns a blind eye. These problems can be tracked down to the very beginning of their academic career. When boys are five years of age, they are still in their experimental phase. They like to mess around with building blocks, and explore outside. The AASA stated that, unfortunately, this unpreparedness in their early academic career is carried with them until much later in life. Since boys are not ready for reading and writing, they will often act