Overcoming Stereotypes In Sports

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Society thinks you can’t do certain things because of your gender for example women don’t know anything about sports or can’t play sports. I will overcome these stereotypes by playing sports and proving women are good at sports. About two years in P.E we had to pass the fitness test. It was my turn to take the test and I started hearing comment Sofia is such a girly girl she’s not even going to be able to do a push-up. I got frustrated with these comment. People were just judging me based on my looks. I was determined to show them otherwise. We had to do fifteen push up but, I was not satisfied and I wanted to prove that I was strong and the way I dress does not determined my strength. Yes I’m a girly girl but I like playing certain sports

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