... Prince-Blythewood directed Love & Basketball with little experience at all. Having come from UCLA, where she ran track competitively, Prince-Blythewood had all the means possible to relate to this story. Since age seven, Prince- ... the importance of female athletics, along with independence of women. The film takes place in the 80's and 90"s, and follows Monica and Quincy in their attempt to succeed in basketball. The comparisons of male and female roles are strongly emphasized and all the rules are broken. Prince-Blythewood has a powerful enthusiasm for ... basketball and a coherent,...

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... established in 1969 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The incident that caused this law to take effect was one in which several high school students wore black armbands to school in order to protest against the Vietnam War. This was considered offensive, and the Court decided that schools may limit the students ... serves to humiliate females for having bodies" (Why Yoga Pants Are Dangerous to Today's Youth). She also mentioned that when she attended Skyview High School, she was constantly sexually harassed by the male students no matter what type of clothing she was wearing. In her blog post o...

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... is the right thing to do" (p.98) Boys on Girl Teams, Girls on Boy Teams Generally speaking, I think most would agree that in high school sports, it's usually a girl that wants to play on the boys' team and not the other way around. This is because girls have historically been ... For example, there are safety issues that need to be considered when a girl is playing in a sport otherwise dominated by boys. Genetically and physically speaking, high school boys and girls are not built the same and thus there must be exceptions. For example, "issues of safety may dictate that a girl does not...

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... , physically abused sometimes even with a weapon. It must seem as if in the whole world they are the victims. Eventually all of this leads them to skip school often to avoid humiliation. Establishing high school for gay does not necessarily mean that they are going to be taught to face and attack the world as a whole. It rather means that they too have ... be surrounded by other people of similar interests. There are all-boys, all-girls, Jewish, Christian, Catholic, and Islamic high school. People have segregated themselves for other reasons whether it is gender, religion, or race. So th...

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... tribulations of a single woman in cosmopolitan London. Nick Hornby, a music and pop-culture critic, has been at the forefront of this genre with works like High Fidelity, Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and How to be Good. High Fidelity, his most celebrated work, is about a record shop owner from London in his thirties who is trying to cope with a recent break-up with ... may be considered classics in due time. In light of this, this critique shall use the Feminist Literary Theory. This theory, according to Carol Pajaron of the Ateneo de Manila High School English Department, compares and con...

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... self-conscious of their growing and developing bodies. They should not be obliged to wear something in which they are not comfortable. Further still, some students may look better in school uniform. As adolescents, naturally, they will feel like they are better than the rest who don't feel as though they look as good. It has been said that ... school uniforms instil discipline within students. Exactly what discipline does uniform teach students? It has been proven, time and time again, that in schools, which have strict uniform policies, the amount ... and most of the time comfortable...

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... winkte by the Bwaanag" (153). The Ojibwe saw masculinity in a woman as desirable. Mashkiigikwe was one of Kapshaw's wives, and is hunting when Father Damien meets her. She was very masculine, "Mashkiigikwe's legs were like oak fence posts and her neck, solid, was packed with a power that surged up ... it up on purpose to unnerve and distract her" (232). The Objiwe had much different gender borders than that of the society that Father Damien came from. Erdrich makes the Ojibwe borders acceptable to us, again making the reader uncomfortable. The way in which Erdrich portrays the Ojibwe/ ....

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... . In the nineties, there was a study done on women's basketball. The study wanted to see how the coverage of women's basketball from the University of Connecticut, would affect the participation of high school girl's basketball. The results were very satisfactory, it showed that there was an increase in participation in girl's high school basketball team, and also it showed that the attitudes of these girls ... changed as well. Girls felt more motivated and driven to go and play basketball, seeing the coverage ... of college level basketball reminded them of the potential that they poss...

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... . In the nineties, there was a study done on women's basketball. The study wanted to see how the coverage of women's basketball from the University of Connecticut, would affect the participation of high school girl's basketball. The results were very satisfactory, it showed that there was an increase in participation in girl's high school basketball team, and also it showed that the attitudes of these girls ... changed as well. Girls felt more motivated and driven to go and play basketball, seeing the coverage ... of college level basketball reminded them of the potential that they poss...

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... to increase most women did not participate. In the 1900's women's collegiate sports started to increase (Sexism In Sports). Participation did not begin to increase until the introduction of women's basketball in college sports (Sexism In Sports). Around 1969 women started doing gymnastics and track and field, then in 1970 swimming, badminton, and volleyball came into play. Finally ... play sports that express feminine characteristics (Sexism In Sports). Yes, there aren't men who play female dominated sports, but in sports that are known to be male dominant such as basketball, they are l...

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... ralph magazine there is a lot of articles on sporting achievements lately around the world or interviewing athletes. In this months issue of ralph they interviewed Damien Martyn from the Australian Cricket team and Boxer Ricky Thornberry. Damien Martyn is asked about different stuff he has achieved in the past couple of years and Ricky Thornberry is interviewed about the different types of ... ...

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... over the last twenty years or so. Girls are complaining that boys are still getting more opportunities than them when it comes to participating in school-sponsored sports. On the other hand, a lot of boys in the case of Title IX say they have tangible proof that female equality ... Division I football players earn their degree within six years of entering college and only 43 percent of college basketball players earn a degree. On the contrary, 65 percent of the women's basketball players, 66 percent of women's track, and 71 percent of all other women athletes earned their degrees within ....

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... is that it requires universities to offer identical programs for both males and females. For example, if there is a men's basketball there must also be a women's basketball team. However, this is not the case. The regulation states that the number of male and female teams provided must be determined ... by the population at the school. For example, if forty percent of the population is female then forty percent of the athletic ... as ticket sales, jersey sales and other promotional products often cause the large discrepancy between male and female sports. For example, for the collegiate...

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... department is that the women's volleyball team cannot take off their shirts in the gym. I cannot count the number of times I have seen the male basketball players play with their shirts off; there is not a rule against it except in a game during their season. Furthermore, as exemplified in "Fiero," women ... surely trying to shed the stereotypes. In the building that I coached the girls in, there were two gyms. In one gym, boys were playing basketball and in the other gym, we held the volleyball clinic. The boys were loud and rowdy, while in our gym, we had to threaten the ... men and ...

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... begin to group students together for activity. One instance is that of boxing out in basketball. The skill calls for the one boxing out to push out with their butts against the other player. This at the middle school level is not appropriate for the girls and boys to interact in. Their hormones just ... a boy with a girl at Buck Lake and it was like I had made a kid eat peas for the first time. So the difference in elementary and middle school is just the reason why the boys don't want to be paired with girls. So in noticing that I feel that yes I was biased at the elementary level ... ...

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... boys at sport". Such ideals are learnt in later life as shall be shown by this essay. Up in the senior section of the school the situation was dramatically different to that which I had just witnessed. As soon was I arrived in the senior section I came across a ... basketball where there was any form of female presence and even then they were in an absolute minority. This leads one to the conclusion (without sufficient evidence) that unease of the opposite sex is a developed/learned thought process, as the younger children displayed no prejudice to the opposite sex. An interesting compar...

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... the society, femininity and masculinity are tightly bound to gender. Men are supposed to be masculine. They are expected to be strong, rough, to have high stamina. They are not supposed to wear skirts(the Scots are an exception) but trousers, and should avoid colors like pink and violet. These are ... we accept gender stereotyping and try to fit in the rigid models of feminine and masculine. For example, women athletes and especially tennis players and basketball players are afraid of losing their femininity. These sports are famous for the large number of gay players that are involved. B...

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... are just two of the many examples of male athletes having their athletic opportunities ripped away from them, forcing them to either transfer to another school or abandon the sport that they love. Some of these athletes are on scholarship, some are not. Since 1972, 170 men's wrestling programs ... a regulated bureaucracy, forcing schools to have an equal proportion of male and female athletes to male and female students enrolled in the school. So, say if a school has 40% males and 60% females, under Title IX they would be required to have 40% male athletes in their athletic programs ... ...

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... that they might not have been able to get absent scholarship funds. And unlike many of the male scholarship athletes who are in football and basketball, most of these women got real degrees and planned throughout to enter "real" jobs. While there are some professional opportunities for women in a ... IX. Today, more girls are encouraged to participate in sports and other activities. College is now a possible option in a young woman's decision for Post High School Plans. Now a job, beyond being a wife and mother, is well within reach. In my point of view, athletics are not the specific t...

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... it has caused, some would say, more harm than good. Women's rights advocates cheer the effects Title IX has had on women's sports in both high school and at the major college level. Other groups will say, however, that while women's teams and participation are up it is at the expense of men ... IX is to take football out of the equation entirely. I would do this for a number of reasons, first football does not cost money for most high school and college teams it makes money. Without football most schools would be unable to finance both men's and women's sports, thus making the argument of...

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... wage they can command from an employer. For example, someone with a college diploma can generally command a higher wage than someone who has left school with just a general equivalency diploma. The gender discrimination argument states that women are either forced into lower paid jobs or are simply paid less ... , and hence lose touch with their career, which makes them less employable. Though this factor is less significant today, with more pre-school services and at cheaper prices, it still affects wage rates. Although women make up 51 percent of the population and earn 56 percent of .....

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... Federal financial assistance. Title IX was approved with little opposition in 1972. After Title IX passed, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and high school administrators were certain that boy's sports would begin to downfall if girl's sports had to be funded equally and if girl's had to be ... or just not dealt with. In 1994 there was an amendment made to correct this problem to the Elementary and Secondary School Act. Colleges, universities and high schools were now forced to publish their expenses on male sports and female sports. This comparison of expenditures reve...

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... and it's desires). Athletics is another type of legitimation that reinforces society's definition of masculinity. Boys watch how their fathers dote and fawn over 'the game', whether it is football, basketball, or any other sport that epitomizes masculinity. Children notice that the 'men' on TV impress dad and they want to be like that. This initial reinforcer is a major impetus for ... that there is a pervasive fear among all males that the worst possible insult is to be labeled a female. As boys grow older, their bodies develop and they enter junior high and high school. At this point ...

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... can see McComas filled to the brim with both men and women running, lifting, and sweating and is busy during all hours of the day. From basketball courts and pools to weight rooms and almost an obnoxious amount of aerobic machines, it is not an overstatement to say McComas has it all but underneath ... are rows of large smudge free glass windows; the first looking down onto a large pool and the other two allowing passerby's to peer into the two basketball courts. One of the reasons many students prefer to hang out and go to the gym at McComas is because of how nice the building is in ......

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... for the average American man to accept women in some sports. If a woman were to accomplish something usually only accomplished by men, then men would think that that woman has a high level of masculinity. Some men would also think that since the woman succeeded in a 'male's game,? the men would think that they aren't being as masculine as they should be ... , to androgynous people, like myself, they would not think of abiding by the so-called masculine things to do. Growing up as a child through high school, I was never actually into sports. My favorite sport at the time was basketball w...

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