... be called the "Blue Hawks", the female side would have a much less powerful name like the "Blue Tits". This is because societies attitudes to women are that they are supposed to be "feminine". This idea is that they do not play hard and physical games and therefore the names of ... in the male sports like football and rugby, instead of hockey, so they print stories or broadcast these sports. Another problem with media coverage of women's sport is that when it is covered the media focuses more on the looks and fashion of the competitors than their actual abilities. A prime ... women's spo...

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... , and lack of support from our current society all contribute to the upper hand men have over women with regard to sports. There are many stereotypes placed on women athletes today. When women decide to participate in sports traditionally for men such as bodybuilding, they risk the chance of being socially ... stereotyped as lesbians, or simply viewed as "less feminine". With women like Venus and Serena Williams as sports stars, one can see why this image exists. Because of their muscular physique, they are given masculine ... 't have the upperhand in sports, it may make them feel less m...

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... the case with David Stern and the WNBA, but the commentators, broadcast executives, and sideline reporters for these events are still overwhelmingly male. This all leads to issues that trivialize women's sports, and downplay the level at which they are being performed when sizing them against comparable male sports. Commentary for male sporting events is obviously distinguishable as masculine, with ... frequent references to speed, victory, aggression, and size. At the same time, women's sports are characterized by references to appearance, clothing, and an overall lack of enthusiasm. Fo...

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... the men, but that they have their own tour and why can't they just stick with that and be happy about what they have. Back when gold had first started women couldn't even step foot onto a golf course, let alone play in an event. They have said that the real meaning of golf is said to been called "Gentlemen ... Only Ladies Forbidden" and this was based over in Scotland where golf had first originated. There have been only been two cases of women trying to play on the PGA Tour that I know of, and the most resent of the two which came in May of 2003. When a lady by the name ... showed that ...

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... men in sports is just the right thing to do. However some times equality is stretched too far. Title IX may have helped women out and created a lot of openings for women, however, some colleges are cheating the Title IX policy by simply eliminating male sports. This is where the line should be drawn. ... be rewritten to say that existing sports and clubs should not be eliminated to make demands of the Title IX policy. By giving these rights to women, many men have lost their opportunities to succeed in some athletics. Overall the popularity of male sports to female sports is the reason t...

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... the main factors which prevent men's soccer from thriving in the United States. We also intend to gain a perspective on why women's soccer surpasses men's soccer in the U.S. considering the popularity of all other male sports that dominate the popularity of women's sports. The overlapping of popular men's sports, such as baseball, sidetracks viewers from watching soccer. Television stations only televise a few ... . We must be very clear and precise on how we present the information to our readers. Our goal is to determine why men's soccer has taken a backseat to not only women's soccer ...

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... in society today, I still think that there are large barriers that need to be broken when it comes to women in the work force, women's athletics, and most importantly their gender discrimination. Women in the work field are overcoming the barriers that have been set for them in the past, but still have more ... an educated time, people are still stuck on old fashion customs where they think women should be below men in the work force. They think women should not make a lot of money, let alone work. My mother succeeded in the work force against tremendous odds, and has made seven times as...

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... the wrong answers to come from that legislation. Title IX can not provide money-making athletic programs to support the legislation and it can not force the people in charge of ensuring that Title IX is carried out to do so in manner that resembles a men's program. I believe ... opportunity as the boys to play sports then they can snag the ultimate prize: a college scholarship-, she continues, "but when these girls become women and reach 22 or 23, when they are finished with college, we learned that unless they play golf, tennis or basketball, we certainly don't ... is just not good enou...

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... habits at a younger age. Therefore, it makes more sense to me to conduct an experiment among high school girls. The study was conducted in the winter of 1992 by two women; Diane E. Taub and Elaine M. Blinde, and published in Vol.27 Issue 108 of the journal Adolescence. The location of the study was the medium-sized Midwestern city of Carbondale, Illinois ... percent of the non-athletes. Of the samples fifteen percent were freshmen, thirty-six percent were sophomores, twenty-seven percent were juniors, and twenty-two percent were seniors. Chi-square analysis (a statistical test most ofte...

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... Foundation, a powerful Title IX advocacy group, gave Howard an "F" grade because of its 24% "proportionality gap." Howard had already cut men's wrestling and baseball and added women's bowling, but that did little to narrow the gap. Unless it cuts almost half of its current male athletes, Howard will remain under a Title IX cloud and legally vulnerable." ... ; In my analysis, Sommers' statistics show that most colleges survived, despite the fact that many sports did not survive, Title IX and governmental requirements that approximately equal amounts of athletic scholarships be offere...

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... lacrosse team at St. John's. It seems to be our most privileged athletes - the ones, by the way, most sought after by women - who are often involved in gang rape. This could be because these schools get more press then the smaller schools and that the ... room. The main topics in the locker were was sex and aggression. Talks often focused on sex and aggression and expressed sexist attitudes toward women, who were viewed in depersonalized and insensitive terms as objects to by used for man's pleasure. male athletes may become more inclined to engage in sexual ... aggression against women...

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... questions (all scaled on a seven point Likert scale), the way they are tested will also be similar. The questions will be tested by using factor analysis, the analysis of the Cronbach's alpha and through using a regression analysis. A factor analysis is a group name for several computational techniques. These techniques are created to reduce the collected data to a more manageable number of variables that are linked ... dependent on another. For example, one may have data on 100 employees with scores on six attitude scale items. " (Blumberg et al, 2005) The main reason for using a Cronb...

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... Olympic Committee. 1989 became the year of the steroid with an explosion of interest and coverage with stories from all sports and society. Interest included debate of other stars, including women such as Florence Griffith Joyner, and whether they used steroids. In Canada, a government investigation commonly named after its chairman as the "Dubin Inquiry- was launched. Johnson's coach Charlie Francis admitted ... listed by the botanical name and not obvious to the athlete that they are prohibited. The information is heavily biased, and violates well-established medical and ethical requi...

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... geared, aside from the obvious advertising benefit, to motivate American runners to be better than the dominating Kenyans. Davis hoped that the offer of money would motivate a few men or women to train harder to become better so that they can rise up a level in distance running. However, you do find that in the realm of pro sports, there are those ... their goal. His players wanted victory more than anything, and ultimately the University of Massachusetts won a national title with Calipari as the coach. The desire to win is a powerful motivating force in athletics, as it is in all of li...

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... equal rights, this is supposed to mean that there should not be a separation of sexes. At Freedom High School cheerleading is only preformed by girls. I feel that this discrimination towards women and long-standing outlook that women cannot play sports is a large reason why we"re still considered to be a club here at Freedom. If these antique views are continued ... , women will no longer be treated the way we are now, but old patterns will reset and females will only be good for reproduction and cooking. Mia Hamm, Venus Williams, and ... Society, and cheerleading! This does not fit, h...

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... equal rights, this is supposed to mean that there should not be a separation of sexes. At Freedom High School cheerleading is only preformed by girls. I feel that this discrimination towards women and long-standing outlook that women cannot play sports is a large reason why we"re still considered to be a club here at Freedom. If these antique views are continued ... , women will no longer be treated the way we are now, but old patterns will reset and females will only be good for reproduction and cooking. Mia Hamm, Venus Williams, and ... Society, and cheerleading! This does not fit, h...

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... , the newspaper headlines are dominated by stories of athletes and their violent actions. Of course, contact sports such as football, hockey, and especially boxing require the use of aggressive bodily force against opponents and are violent by their very natures, but where do we draw the line? Well, let's begin by attempting to define violence. Violence is a premeditated act of aggression ... Fair Play, Robert Simon explains it another way. In what he calls the Vulnerability Principle, Simon says that for the use of force to be ethically defensible, the opposing player must be in a posit...

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... given were the only indicator of female's participation in sports it would appear as if Title IX had never even happened. "Both broadcast and print media have essentially disregarded women's athletics devoting less than ten percent of sports coverage to female athletes" (Stader). Even when female athletes are covered by the media their abilities and accomplishments are often ... media, local community and in some cases themselves. The news media often separates female athletes into categories based on whether they play masculine or feminine sports. Although more girls and women play tra...

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... main principle of the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 was that sex should not determine the legal rights of American men or women. Any state or federal laws that existed to discriminate against women became invalid after the amendment. Men and women should have the same opportunities in treatment. These opportunities include jobs, education, sports, etc. I believe it is extremely important and necessary ... rights. Although the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 has helped, the problem has not diminished completely. As of right now, not everything is equal between men and women. Often salary...

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... world of female boxing. Other former heavyweight champions, George Foreman and Joe Frazier, have encouraged their daughters to participate in this brutal sport. These women who are successful in the business world, working an attorney and a nail salon owner, are very interested in trying to share the spotlight with their ... game was replayed, it drew more attention than baseball's All-Star Game that was aired the same night. One of the most surprising rises in women's sports has seen in the field of softball. In the years past, softball has been a female dominated sport with leagues ar...

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... continue to pay money to watch their football team every week then football is going to continue to have an enormous budget and rightfully so. What most women do not realize, in my opinion, is that almost everything in this world revolves around money, even sports. If you do not have enough money to ... most but there is a share of arguments that support both parties; however, I feel that the men's arguments are much stronger than those of the women. Women argue that they only get 42 percent of the athletic opportunities and budgets while they make up 53 percent of the student enrollment...

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... and athletics became a leading problem. Title IX did not just happen over-night, it took a lot of hard work from many men and women to make this amendment happen. Before it came to life there were many barriers keeping females from fully participating in activities, unlike education, sports especially ... has been around for quite some time, the first time it was seen in sports was in the mid-1920s, when "a group of women physical educators destroyed girl's chances to participate in competitive sports, the only real chance to compete was the occasional 'Play Days' with neighboring ...

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... different capabilities such as school, work, and in the home. Much of the hate is expressed through the media as well. In sports, discrimination against those of color, homosexuals, and women will always be an ever-lasting presence. Sports have always been an arena for criticism, hatred and discrimination of certain groups or individuals. In actuality, racism and other forms of ... thought of his comments influencing others is a dangerous reality. Through media and family influences , racism in sports is an ever-lasting reality and reflects society. Women in sports is also experience di...

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... the only environment where humans are involved in competition. There are high levels of competition to be accepted in to university and graduate studies as well as in the work force for jobs. A child's failure in competition helps them learn to win gracefully and lose with dignity and honor. It teaches children that through perseverance and determination they can win the ... , and it leads them to better understand how their personal decisions affects the world around them. Cooperation and teamwork are skills learned through sport that are needed in the work force, at home and at school....

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... girls. Starting from childhood for a girl, Barbie, with long hair and thin figure, she represents sexiness, thinness, and stylishness. Fitting into their role, women would goes through dieting to gain society's ideal of a woman. As for boys, their mothers would prefer that sons get involved in sport games rather ... twenty-eight years since the founding of NOW, and boys still like trucks and girls still like dolls." I think that the National Organization for Women does not have too much to do with whether what boys play with and girls play with. "NOW" has already accomplished what they ...

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