Feminism in Sports
Society has always tried to enforce social control in the world. This constant hunt for control in society’s normative compliance has transitioned into the world of sports. Professional sports have been in our country for close to one hundred years; while various sports have progressed at their own pace, industrialization has progressed at even a faster rate. Some of America’s most loved sports such as basketball, football, and boxing have endured the test of stabilization during times of segregation. All of these sports are now integrated and are doing well financially, but the industry is still segregated by gender. Professional sports have been in the country for years, and not until the 1970’s did a sport accept …show more content…
The imaginary glass ceiling is far from a myth, yet society manages to cover the seriousness of the issue. Sports over the years have helped shed light on some of the inequalities females endure in their lifetimes, except on a much higher scale. Being a professional athlete is a common dream of youth all across the world, and regardless of economic class, most aspire to live the illustrious life of an athlete. The issue with feminism in the world is that it diminishes the dreams of the next generation. So many young women will become afraid of being victimized by the glass ceiling and no longer aspire to be business owners, engineers, doctors, or even professional …show more content…
Racked.com writes, “Another fundamental reason why WNBA players struggle for visibility is because they simply aren’t around enough. Their season is four months long and a majority of the players spends the rest of the year on teams overseas.” This is an unfortunate factor that has always hurt the publicity in the WNBA. Although the players cannot do anything about it, the shortened season limits the chances for exposure in the United States. Four months is not terribly short to other sports, but in the world of basketball it is extremely short because the NBA season is seven months in the regular season with an additional two months worth of the
Society has always tried to enforce social control in the world. This constant hunt for control in society’s normative compliance has transitioned into the world of sports. Professional sports have been in our country for close to one hundred years; while various sports have progressed at their own pace, industrialization has progressed at even a faster rate. Some of America’s most loved sports such as basketball, football, and boxing have endured the test of stabilization during times of segregation. All of these sports are now integrated and are doing well financially, but the industry is still segregated by gender. Professional sports have been in the country for years, and not until the 1970’s did a sport accept …show more content…
The imaginary glass ceiling is far from a myth, yet society manages to cover the seriousness of the issue. Sports over the years have helped shed light on some of the inequalities females endure in their lifetimes, except on a much higher scale. Being a professional athlete is a common dream of youth all across the world, and regardless of economic class, most aspire to live the illustrious life of an athlete. The issue with feminism in the world is that it diminishes the dreams of the next generation. So many young women will become afraid of being victimized by the glass ceiling and no longer aspire to be business owners, engineers, doctors, or even professional …show more content…
Racked.com writes, “Another fundamental reason why WNBA players struggle for visibility is because they simply aren’t around enough. Their season is four months long and a majority of the players spends the rest of the year on teams overseas.” This is an unfortunate factor that has always hurt the publicity in the WNBA. Although the players cannot do anything about it, the shortened season limits the chances for exposure in the United States. Four months is not terribly short to other sports, but in the world of basketball it is extremely short because the NBA season is seven months in the regular season with an additional two months worth of the