Making Masculinity and Framing Femininity

Soccer, which is also known as football in many countries around the world, is the most popular sport in the world. According to Sudgen and Tomlinson Soccer, compromises many countries’ national sport which provides a key site for the re/production of traditional forms of aggression and masculinity at an international level. Because of this, soccer has excluded and resisted the entry of women. The portrayal of soccer in the media shows us that soccer’s world regulating organizations, FIFA, remains masculine, heterosexual, and predominantly white. The influence of FIFA has, which supports the portrayal of soccer, is exerted through the media as especially the internet. FIFA’s web page influences the perception of soccer through the content displayed on their site, showing more attention to the male soccer teams compared to the women’s teams or the youth teams. FIFA’s website allows different cultures from around the world to connect and agree upon the discourses set about soccer. Sports have been growing more and more each year, establishing discourses now even more than ever due to the rise of the media’s attention. Women around the world have begun to partake in sports, either as fans or athletes, due its major rise in popularity. Although there has been a rise in women taking part in sports, the media still lacks promoting women. As a matter of fact, the re/presentational practices expressed in sports media has not changed with respect to gender, race, or ethnicity. Soccer and its identity is formed through the eyes of the media and is being re/produced by people through language, texts, and interactions. Soccer has increased spectacularization and hyper-masculinization of male sport and undermines female athleticism. With the media being the predominant source of information to our world, the construction of central social discourse is at the hands of the media, which makes the media a power furl sight in the re/production of the traditional hegemonic gender