Gender inequality has been a persistent issue over the years and has also crippled development to a certain extent. Women together …show more content…
Up until recently women were engaged in sports that were considered sensitive and soft such as tennis and volley ball. Sports activities such as football are considered manly sports which women should not engage in. Even with the enlightenment that modern times have brought there still remains a large distinction between women and men’s sporting activities with the main and widely followed sports being those that men engage in such as football. Some colleges do not allow women to be involved in sports such as football most of the time they become cheerleaders for the football teams which is considered a feminine role. It would be unthinkable to have a woman coach in such manly teams since the role is ascribed to belong to men alone. Thus the sports arena remains to be an area that needs more growth and adjustments to involve women equally in the main sports as well as consider their sporting activities to be equally