Gender Inequality In Sport

“I don’t want to be a great female athlete. I want to be a great athlete” (unknown). Taking a look back on history, we could not possibly keep track of the number of times women were not given equal opportunity as men. It started off with rights as a whole, and then moved to voting, and even to this day we continue to battle with equal pay. Due to our biological makeup, men are key to our survival. As we have come to evolve and expand our knowledge, our past does not align with our present or even our future. Women have now moved themselves up the ladder and are making leaps and bounds just for a sense of equality. There is one roadblock that still to this day we have not been able to battle through. This is the world of sports. This is a world of blood, sweat, and no room for tears. This is an industry where it
Gender inequality has been one of the major topics related to sports for years. I know even for myself, I attended Florida State versus North Carolina State’s football game this past weekend. North Carolina State’s mascot is a wolf. Their mascot that they had on the field during the game was a female wearing a dress. I was thinking to myself, why on earth do you have a female as a mascot? Mascots, are supposed to represent the team and be tough and strong. I think mainly my thought process was that we were at a football game, which is male dominated. If they had that mascot at a women’s soccer or basketball game then I would not care so much. At the same time, why does it matter if the mascot is male or female? Why do we as a society think that women cannot be representatives of strength? This is where sports is behind. Women have fought tooth and nail on every issue in the book just to gain an ounce of respect, and I as a female are even thinking of discriminatory things. That is just living proof of how close-minded and corrupt our society is and will continue to