Gender Inequality In Sports Essay

Throughout my life, I was a part of a female league soccer team. I have seen myself as an aggressive and competitive player and have always wanted to be a part of the male team. I use to always want to play on a co-ed team, where both men and women compete with each other, but society expects males and females to fulfill specific gender roles and stereotypes. This is a culture shock for me because society expects males to be athletic, independent, and strong, whereas females are expected to be obedient, quiet, and attractive nurturers. Gender inequality, a unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender, is still a major conflict in today’s society but it is to a lesser extent than how it use to be. People are more accepting with the differences and the factors affecting gender roles, especially female athletes. They are starting to …show more content…
From my experience, watching male sports was more fun than female because the games were aggressive and intense. Although I try not to believe that, it is something that has been instilled in our brains since we were born. “Men are stronger than woman.” From my past fieldwork of soccer, I noticed that the male soccer games were longer than our woman soccer games. When I asked my coach why this is, he responded, “Men are just able to run for a longer period of time than girls can.” I felt anger and rage towards him and male soccer athletes. I thought it was so unfair, so I took affirmative action and petitioned to the head of the league. It took a year or so, but it worked. I fought for what I wanted and what I thought was fair. I had a lot of benefits from standing up for my female soccer league and a lot of people admired my hard work. Because it’s been about four years since they made my leagues soccer games longer, it has been a culture lag. It took a while to get comfortable with this