Marion Jones: Press Pause
Iyanna Rivera-Gough
University of Arizona The film focuses on the highly dynamic struggle a woman, Marion Jones, faces as a basketball, and track and field star. Although being a post-title IX athlete, Jones’ story tells of gender issues that still existed during her stardom, including socialization, physical gender gaps, media coverage, availability of female coaches, and the female physique within sports.
The film illustrates the chronicles and journey of becoming a female world class athlete; the exploration of a woman who can be described as doing what she thought was necessary in order to compete in the world of sports. Eventually, Jones succumbed to her struggles; this lead to the inevitable confession …show more content…
No legislative act has had a more powerful impact on the world of sports other than Title IX. Title IX is now one and the same with women trying to find fairness within athletics, but it originally had nothing to do with sports. Compliance was not mandatory until 1978. Even though institutions are required by law to meet one of the many terms Title IX enforced, schools rarely comply adequately with Title IX. In fact, certain opportunities have diminished for women at several …show more content…
With her tall, broad and buff body, she attributed to making it alright for women to be strong, independent, talented, and beautiful beings. Once advertising companies find out how truly amazing these female athletes are, they then turn them into a sex object. Men are instead highlighted by their athleticism and strength; men are generally praised for their talents, not their bodies and beauty. Marion Jones is known worldwide for her accomplishments, yet only some people around the globe only remember her from her revealing Nike ads in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Men in sports are not viewed this way; it is one of the many problems in sports today. Many people, men and women, view the world of sports as a man’s sphere, not to be intruded or invaded by women. Women are in sports and they are going to remain there until they have reached the equality they have been asking
Iyanna Rivera-Gough
University of Arizona The film focuses on the highly dynamic struggle a woman, Marion Jones, faces as a basketball, and track and field star. Although being a post-title IX athlete, Jones’ story tells of gender issues that still existed during her stardom, including socialization, physical gender gaps, media coverage, availability of female coaches, and the female physique within sports.
The film illustrates the chronicles and journey of becoming a female world class athlete; the exploration of a woman who can be described as doing what she thought was necessary in order to compete in the world of sports. Eventually, Jones succumbed to her struggles; this lead to the inevitable confession …show more content…
No legislative act has had a more powerful impact on the world of sports other than Title IX. Title IX is now one and the same with women trying to find fairness within athletics, but it originally had nothing to do with sports. Compliance was not mandatory until 1978. Even though institutions are required by law to meet one of the many terms Title IX enforced, schools rarely comply adequately with Title IX. In fact, certain opportunities have diminished for women at several …show more content…
With her tall, broad and buff body, she attributed to making it alright for women to be strong, independent, talented, and beautiful beings. Once advertising companies find out how truly amazing these female athletes are, they then turn them into a sex object. Men are instead highlighted by their athleticism and strength; men are generally praised for their talents, not their bodies and beauty. Marion Jones is known worldwide for her accomplishments, yet only some people around the globe only remember her from her revealing Nike ads in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Men in sports are not viewed this way; it is one of the many problems in sports today. Many people, men and women, view the world of sports as a man’s sphere, not to be intruded or invaded by women. Women are in sports and they are going to remain there until they have reached the equality they have been asking