that people who do physical exercises keep fit and healthy. Sports and games can be of great value to people who work with their brains; to people who lead a sedentary lifestyle. Moreover taking up a sport has also many psychological benefits. Firstly‚ it relieves the stresses of everyday life and secondly‚ it helps individuals identify with a group and replace their loneliness with the security of belonging. Besides‚ practising a sport is very useful for character-training. It helps young people
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Both men and women from all over the world play sports. However‚ many of the women play as a hobby‚ but not as a profession. Women’s sports aren’t as popular as men’s sports‚ due to the lack of attention from the media as well as the few product endorsements and the negative idea that not all sports should be played by women. Society does not have high enough expectations for women athletes‚ which is why women athletes don’t receive the same amount of opportunities or have the same image as male
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Evolution of Women in Sports There have been many misconceptions between men and women in the world of sports. Whereas men are seen as strong and muscular‚ women have been viewed as more fragile. The stereotypes created from these viewpoints have caused women to feel the need to prove their strength. Gender differences have greatly influenced the stereotypes we see in the sports world. Some of the earliest American sports originated in England‚ and generally did not include the women. Horse races
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religions by coming together and clashing. How has sports and racism interacted with each other to make such a social uproar? Personally‚ I believe in playing the game how it’s supposed to be played without politics being involved‚ regardless of the opponent’s skin color or religious beliefs. The media has portrayed the sporting world in such a negative light to gain more attention to the average viewer‚ while forgetting what the main aspect of sports is all about‚ winning.
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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
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Equality in Women Sports Gender equality in sports is something women have been trying to pursue over and over again. As in professional publicity of sports‚ men vs. women is no competition‚ men blow women out of the park on this issue. Men are more dominant in the sports world‚ and women just live in the shadows. Women are not given the chance they deserve to prove that they are just as good‚ so as of now‚ the media presumes them to be inferior to men. The myth many people believe for this reason
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Gone are the days when women sat at home‚ managing the house and looking after the children. Today women have been given bigger role to play in the society. They are entrusted with more responsibility than their male counterparts. Earlier in the olden days‚ women use to sit at home detached from the outside world. They use to manage the home and look after children. They were devoid from the responsibility of earning income for the family‚ leaving it exclusively to their male counterparts. The responsibility
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smokers from risking their health by smoking‚ why should we prohibit track stars or weightlifters from taking risks with their health in pursuit of their goals?" -Robert Simon‚ PhD Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton College Fair Play: The Ethics of Sport 2003 Seeking an ‘Unfair’ Advantage "There is no coherent argument to support the view that enhancing performance is unfair; if it were‚ we would ban coaching and training. Competition can be unfair if there is unequal access to particular enhancements
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Heidi Golesorkhi ENG 2030 11/27/2012 Muslim Women and Sports In the United States‚ women began their battle for equality in 1848. Along the way they gained the freedom to vote‚ drive‚ and participate in virtually anything they chose. Often it is forgotten that gender discrimination is still openly and actively happening around the world. In places such as Saudi Arabia‚ Qatar‚ and Brunei women are anything but equal. Saudi women are forbidden from acting independently and even from
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Women have and always will face inequality all their lives. It will occur in different forms as time passes‚ but there will always be something along the road to remind a women that she is simply “made to reproduce”. For example‚ in past times‚ it would be seen as something unnatural for a woman to participate in sports that were primarily dominated by men. Today‚ we are currently living in the 21st century and the differences among male and/or female athletes is huge. More than half of the world
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