Women In Sports Should Not Be Coed
The history of sports is changing. There are many changes being made to make sports more safe and civilized. Most of all sports are becoming coed , making most of them available to females . So the big question is , should sports be coed ? Sports should not be coed due to the discrimination against women. A misfortune to this is that females are biased against to be only supporters and weak players . Since the beginning of sports , women and men have played by different rules . Men for one play rough and are more masculine , undermining women as soft , weak players. “The gendered discourses , policies , and belief systems in sports typically privilege men and disadvantage women making it seem natural to view athletes who play ultra-masculine
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Men feel like playing with women makes them weaker than the women they are playing with. Men want to be the ones in charge. Observations and interview data collected over a time period shows that the equity that is so called present was overshadowed by negativity as the modifications created stereotyping to the opposite gender while in the participation of sport(Wood and Garn). The stereotyping is not just coming from the men , but women are tired of being the players that are known as weak and soft. They feel as if they should fight back . A study has been created in the world of flag football to show that modifications are creating sexism(Wood and Garn). Flag football is not a contact sport , but men feel as if there is not real contact , there is no need to play the sport. Not only do the men think they are superior , but they think they are the rulers of sports. They do not even consider cheerleading as a sport when cheerleading obviously requires muscular fitness and a tumbling skill . They feel as if they play the role of the king and that women play the role of the queen. Although coed sports can be discriminatory, there are many reasons that could show that sexism is becoming a non habit
Men feel like playing with women makes them weaker than the women they are playing with. Men want to be the ones in charge. Observations and interview data collected over a time period shows that the equity that is so called present was overshadowed by negativity as the modifications created stereotyping to the opposite gender while in the participation of sport(Wood and Garn). The stereotyping is not just coming from the men , but women are tired of being the players that are known as weak and soft. They feel as if they should fight back . A study has been created in the world of flag football to show that modifications are creating sexism(Wood and Garn). Flag football is not a contact sport , but men feel as if there is not real contact , there is no need to play the sport. Not only do the men think they are superior , but they think they are the rulers of sports. They do not even consider cheerleading as a sport when cheerleading obviously requires muscular fitness and a tumbling skill . They feel as if they play the role of the king and that women play the role of the queen. Although coed sports can be discriminatory, there are many reasons that could show that sexism is becoming a non habit