Compare And Contrast Sexism And Ultimate Frisbee

Sexism and ultimate frisbee have almost nothing in common, except for I would most likely be better off without both of them. Evidently, I have never been fond of either of issues. However, in my sophomore year of high school, when my gym teacher placed me on an ultimate frisbee team of all boys, the two suddenly became a force to be reckoned with. Usually, I’m, at most subpar at sports, especially ones that involve discs flying towards my face; I have many skills, but hand eye coordination is not one. Being the honest person that I am, I explained my inability to play ultimate frisbee ‘well’ to my teammates. However, I expected them to at least somewhat include me in the game. When they didn’t, I was frustratingly but naively assumed that all reasoning found its roots in my obvious lack of hand-eye coordination. …show more content…
That philosophy held true until I overheard one of the other boys on my team blatantly talking about my body and my gender limited sports skills. I was utterly furious, to assume that because of my gender, and not because of my lack of coordination, that I couldn’t play sports was offensive. Every woman has a million different stories about times when they were treated as less than a man, and I am no different. Still, I had never been so affronted by sexism before. I was determined to prove all who doubted my skills, which there was only a minute amount to doubt in the first place, wrong. I forced myself to become an active player, and gave more than my best effort. Even though, I had doubted my skills to begin with, I eventually became a valuable team player. Ironically, this backfired on me as I ended up gaining a reputation as an amazing ultimate frisbee player. I knew that my skills were rooted in my determination to prove sexism wrong. Therefore, I decided to end my ultimate frisbee