The Equality Of Gender And Gender Equality In Professional Sports

There was a saying by Thomas Jefferson “All men are created equal.” This quote was written in the Declaration of Independence by one of our founding fathers and is one of the most recognized quotes in history. All I see in that quote is “men”, where is the “women” in this quote. I understand that back then men had all the rights but this country was founded on “equality for all.” Since then, times have changed drastically and women have certainly received rights, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying “equal rights.”
There are many people that see the equality between men and women but one place that it hasn’t been present is the sports world. Gender in all sports has been an issue even since sports came about. In the late 1700’s sports became more popular. There was golfing, horse riding, billiards, etc. and men were the only ones able to participate in these athletic activities. Men of the upper class and lower class had more rights when it came to these activities. While the men were allowed to participate, women were left on the sidelines …show more content…
There is so much mistreatment in professional sports it is incredible. I think we can all agree men’s sports are more popular than women’s by a landslide. When watching ESPN how many times do you see women’s sports highlighted? Almost never, while men’s sports are the only thing getting recognition. They will broadcast male dominated sports over female dominated sports. This issue has really never crossed my mind until I wrote a research analysis about gender roles in sports in one of my sport management classes. I was amazed by the findings. I am going into a field (sport management) as a lesser gender. I got me thinking, why are women’s sports so overlooked? Is it solely because of the gender of the person, the sport they play, the intensity level associated with the sports, the revenue it brings in, or something