Sexism In Sports:
In health we were asked to research something of our choice I choose to do sexism in sports. I also decided to draw a picture representing this.
Heres my research and questions:
When and why does this occur?
People still to this day continue to be sexist when it comes to sport especially towards women and girls. For example at every olympics the decathlon was held ever since 1912 but still to this day only Men can compete. Sexism could happen anytime any place as sad as it is; it is really common in today's era of time. It can also happen to anyone any gender but it is more common for Women and Girls to get insulted/verbally abused. For example champion tennis player Serena Williams was verbally abused about her appearance for literally no reason.
How is Football/Soccer involved with this topic?
In basically every sport sexism is a problem and needs to be stopped. An example of a sport is Football/Soccer which is surprisingly high with sexsim being one of the top sports dealing with it. Even with the amount of hate and sexism football gets in general it's even worse when it comes to the women side of it. In many games a lot of people hate and criticise players just out of frustration which personally is not mature. The football/soccer crowds go mad and crazy at the players. Even if they make a small mistake crowds tend to get aggressive towards the players calling them names and just criticising them. People like to claim football/soccer crowds to be one of the most toxic sports supporters ever but that's only an accusation.
How does gender relate to your topic?
Gender relates to sexim because many people claim it's a men/boys sport and that women/girls shouldn’t play for many reasons like they just ain’t strong enough. When it comes to women football many compare them against men football. People claim that women football teams are useless and not as entertaining. Even when missing a goal by mistake crowds go crazy and start to criticize anything they can whether it be appearance or even skill. Another reason is the pay ratio, many women football teams are now utterly frustrated that men get paid a lot more. They are now trying to get their rights back and sue to the point where they are at equal pay. Because a lot of women athletes are having to have part times jobs just to live comfortably. So gender relates to sexim because a lot of sexim is more towards one gender than the other. Gender study finds that upto 90% of Men and Women are biased/against women and that is just in general let alone in sports.
What influences people to be sexist in sports?
Many people stereotype and have opinions on sports that may be different to yours. Some reason on why people may be sexist in sports is that they may have been brought up in a way where genuinely boys/men play sports. So they could be brainwashed to think a certain way and that can cause them to criticise women playing which is not right at all. Another reason could be the physical or biological differences between the 2 genders which personally I think is childish, just because they don't have the same physical features doesn’t mean that they can't play or join in. Like there are many and I mean many girl athletes that slay and work just as hard as men and are just incredible at what they do. Even if you aren’t the same doesn’t mean you can do just as good as others for instance with football the U.S women's team do just as good as most of the men football teams. That's just one of many reasons why girls can do just as good or even more than boys/men.
What needs to change?
Personally I think that people just need to generalize sports and make it acceptable to any genders to play. I know sexim and hate is more how people think towards others but I feel as if people should realise everyone is equal to the same rights and that girls can do just as much as guys can and the same goes with men to women. Sexim happens everywhere, an example of this is school and that's my next point. I feel as if teachers should teach kids that girls and boys have the same abilities and that they can both be as good as each other to hopefully decrease sexim from happening to students at young ages. Because a lot of athletes from young ages that experience sexim tend to just give up when they are incredible at what they do. What needs to change is the rules for sports so everyone/gender is equal and no one can get mad that the “boys” rules are more unfair and harsh. I also think they should equal the pay for girls/women because many women athletes are having to work a part time job just to live comfortably. Whereas men athletes sit comfortable with the pay they access.
Heres my drawing:
