there has been little effort by the public to promote respect and creditability in Women’s Sports. However, over the past decade the controversy around women’s sports and campaigns that support diversity or equality has brought women 's sports a long way since the early 1980s. As a male athlete, it’s hard for me to understand the scrutiny women went through while pursuing their love for athletics. Women were stereotyped by society and labeled as feminist and couldn 't be seen as an equal in the world of athletics. Thankfully, women, (and some men), generated enough attention to this disparity in the world of sports and were able to successfully gain leverage in the movement for gender equality in athletics. These pioneers were able to make
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Which led to them taking the situation into their own hands and the controversial issue was taken to court. In the article Inequality of Sport: Women the author explains that even though women were assumed by law to be equal with men, they weren’t represented as equal in sports. In 1972 the Office of Civil Rights enforced an amendment Title IX that protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities (Hanson). Even though the society enforced this amendment stating the equal rights for men and women, things did not immediately shift toward gender equality. Women experienced much hardship and discrimination fighting for their of gender equality in sports. Unfortunately, history and even some attitudes in today 's society associate women with the stigma of care takers and nurtures and find it difficult to so how women can be successful in …show more content…
During that period in time, the American society was thought to be under a totally heterosexual mindset.Americans at the time didn’t show or speak about their sexuality, as it a taboo topic and considered personal. There was a heighted focus on religion, gender roles and expectation to promote the image of being a lady, often associated with purity and grace. This theory of sexuality was seen in every aspect of American society today has shifted significantly. Sexuality is a part of pop culture and is often promoted through advertisements, television, movies, and also in
Which led to them taking the situation into their own hands and the controversial issue was taken to court. In the article Inequality of Sport: Women the author explains that even though women were assumed by law to be equal with men, they weren’t represented as equal in sports. In 1972 the Office of Civil Rights enforced an amendment Title IX that protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities (Hanson). Even though the society enforced this amendment stating the equal rights for men and women, things did not immediately shift toward gender equality. Women experienced much hardship and discrimination fighting for their of gender equality in sports. Unfortunately, history and even some attitudes in today 's society associate women with the stigma of care takers and nurtures and find it difficult to so how women can be successful in …show more content…
During that period in time, the American society was thought to be under a totally heterosexual mindset.Americans at the time didn’t show or speak about their sexuality, as it a taboo topic and considered personal. There was a heighted focus on religion, gender roles and expectation to promote the image of being a lady, often associated with purity and grace. This theory of sexuality was seen in every aspect of American society today has shifted significantly. Sexuality is a part of pop culture and is often promoted through advertisements, television, movies, and also in