Women, Sports and Expectations
Professor Gopal
English 103 Hybrid
Section 3404
27 October 2013
Women, Sports and Expectations In Sara Maratta's article, "Move Over Boys, Make room in the Crease," Maratta takes a stand against unequal representation of female athletes in the sports world. Maratta describes her love of hockey and how being a part of the sports world opened her eyes as to the amount of mistreatment toward females in the athletic world such as female athletes, coaches and journalists (Birkenstein 537). The nature of sports and female athletics has come very a long way in such a short amount of time. Many strictly male dominated sports now have many women participating in them. So many women have been participating in male dominating the past few years that they are now creating special divisions of those sports for female athletes. Female athletes have been crossing the cultural barriers of sports for the past decade or so and have had and amazing turn out. Women are now being recognized greatly for their effort in sports and are now being taken seriously as athletes. Though there has been much success in these past years for women being equally recognized in sports, there are still aspects in the sports world in which women are still treated as lesser equal to men. Women that are athletes are pressured by social media to not only be able to perform at the same level as male athletes but to also maintain a certain feminine physique. Female athletes such as hockey players are not entirely forced to have a certain body type since they are covered by all of their equipment. Athletes like basketball and volleyball players, on the other hand, have more of an obligation to maintain their feminine qualities due to their sportswear showing more of their body. This leaves these women, "although most likely as fit and as talented as most men,” with the task of constantly putting extra effort and thought into their performance and looks in order to fit the female athlete stereotype
English 103 Hybrid
Section 3404
27 October 2013
Women, Sports and Expectations In Sara Maratta's article, "Move Over Boys, Make room in the Crease," Maratta takes a stand against unequal representation of female athletes in the sports world. Maratta describes her love of hockey and how being a part of the sports world opened her eyes as to the amount of mistreatment toward females in the athletic world such as female athletes, coaches and journalists (Birkenstein 537). The nature of sports and female athletics has come very a long way in such a short amount of time. Many strictly male dominated sports now have many women participating in them. So many women have been participating in male dominating the past few years that they are now creating special divisions of those sports for female athletes. Female athletes have been crossing the cultural barriers of sports for the past decade or so and have had and amazing turn out. Women are now being recognized greatly for their effort in sports and are now being taken seriously as athletes. Though there has been much success in these past years for women being equally recognized in sports, there are still aspects in the sports world in which women are still treated as lesser equal to men. Women that are athletes are pressured by social media to not only be able to perform at the same level as male athletes but to also maintain a certain feminine physique. Female athletes such as hockey players are not entirely forced to have a certain body type since they are covered by all of their equipment. Athletes like basketball and volleyball players, on the other hand, have more of an obligation to maintain their feminine qualities due to their sportswear showing more of their body. This leaves these women, "although most likely as fit and as talented as most men,” with the task of constantly putting extra effort and thought into their performance and looks in order to fit the female athlete stereotype