Women were very much excluded from any type of rodeo sport since women have a specific role to adhere to, and rodeo was a sport for men, which portrayed men to be more skilful and stronger. “Outcomes of tradition is that women’s direct participation in rodeo is blocked by cultural barriers in the form of gender specific expectations and attitudes about women’s work and place” (Forsyth, 2007). Women who married rodeo men were also likely to have been involved in rodeo since they were born, having other family members that participated in rodeo. Rodeo is sport of masculinity to show strength, skill, and prowess. Women would take care of them; prepare all their event items that they needed, clean, cook, etc. Since, women were excluded from rodeo,
