Sports have always been changing in terms of rules, equipment and determining who can play. In addition the perception of gender of women also changes. The question to ask is how society uses sports to develop different perceptions of women’s gender over time and the impact on their lives. Sports such as biking, baseball and hockey demonstrate how sports determine what gender is for women.
In the 1880’s bicycle racing was very popular in large Canadian cities. However women were not allowed the same privilege has men little more than ride bikes at all. The privilege of biking was not allowed for women because it contradicted the meaning of women’s gender. According to the doctrine of spheres the traditional view of women were passive and …show more content…
Although Softball was invented in 1887 it wasn’t promoted until 1933(Berlage). With the promotion of softball it distinguish that baseball was male dominant and softball was women dominant. Softball also had rule changes to suite women by having a smaller diamond and softer ball thus created the idea that women were weaker than men. (Adams, 2011) In addition little league baseball was only allowed for boys and with no other league for girls. The restriction for This again enforces the traditional gender of women being inferior to …show more content…
One difference is the rule that body checking is not allowed. When observing that body checking is only allowed in men sports one may think that men are more aggressive than women. However according to Theberge interviews of women provide more insight on the experience in playing women’s hockey. The girls that were interviewed said that playing hockey was very aggressive and physical. Even some women agreed that body checking is needed in women’s hockey because they felt inferior to men (Theberge, 2003) These statements show that although women’s hockey is aggressive society still views the gender of women in hockey being weak and passive. This is because since there is no body checking it is not considered “real hockey”(Theberge,
In the 1880’s bicycle racing was very popular in large Canadian cities. However women were not allowed the same privilege has men little more than ride bikes at all. The privilege of biking was not allowed for women because it contradicted the meaning of women’s gender. According to the doctrine of spheres the traditional view of women were passive and …show more content…
Although Softball was invented in 1887 it wasn’t promoted until 1933(Berlage). With the promotion of softball it distinguish that baseball was male dominant and softball was women dominant. Softball also had rule changes to suite women by having a smaller diamond and softer ball thus created the idea that women were weaker than men. (Adams, 2011) In addition little league baseball was only allowed for boys and with no other league for girls. The restriction for This again enforces the traditional gender of women being inferior to …show more content…
One difference is the rule that body checking is not allowed. When observing that body checking is only allowed in men sports one may think that men are more aggressive than women. However according to Theberge interviews of women provide more insight on the experience in playing women’s hockey. The girls that were interviewed said that playing hockey was very aggressive and physical. Even some women agreed that body checking is needed in women’s hockey because they felt inferior to men (Theberge, 2003) These statements show that although women’s hockey is aggressive society still views the gender of women in hockey being weak and passive. This is because since there is no body checking it is not considered “real hockey”(Theberge,