... the problem, they have been taking the easy way out and just axing men's minor sports. Adding to this, is the problem of football making compliance with Title IX very difficult and almost impossible. Many feminists and supporters of Title IX are claiming that the closures of men's ... athletes causes the playing field to be tilted, when there is no female athletic program to balance it out. Schools like Miami, who have powerhouse football teams, are forced into cutting back dramatically on men's programs. For example, Miami's track program, where women are given 18 scholarships and men ...

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... of this. It is unlikely that if you are a digital or satellite user you will be able to go a day without a male football match being shown live on television during the football season. Last season there was one women match shown live on satellite and digital television (Sky Sports, 2003). Women's sport needs the coverage ... about societies norms, and the vast majority of them do not want to stand out from the rest. It is not normal for women too play football; they are standing out from the general norms of society. Also the attraction of the opposite sex is becoming more and more app...

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... of men. Horrock says that "this split has encouraged feelings of superiority amongst men no women could "take it" like a man can take it on the rugby field or the football field" (Horrock 1995: 151). This process is not always immediately obvious. For instance, the mass media 'naturalizes' domination as an inevitable consequence of the male athlete's superiority, skill and ... , domination, toughness and aggression as unquestionable and sacred masculine values. The combination of media and sport represents a powerful ideological and cultural force, which deserves immediate and critical ...

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... with the notion that involvement in sports is necessary to portray a masculine image. Woolf describes the importance that is placed on male-related activites by noting that while " football and sport are "important"; the worship of fashion, the buying of clothes "trivial"..." (p.74). Men have this masculine importance drilled into their heads from and early age ... . From the baseballs and basketballs embrodered on their baby blankets, to the pressure of highschool football tryouts and the fear of rejection by their peers, men are brought up with the notion that sports are an important pa...

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... coaches is the amount of money spent on recruiting, along with the general expenses between gender explicit sports. For example, football has the highest budget of male sports compared to women sports whose highest budget team is basketball. That being said, football spends about an average of $100,000 per year where the women basketball teams has an expense of about $38 ... ...

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... , rather male or female, that there is no role you need to play in life based on your gender. She always said that "if a girl wants to play football then she should play football, and if a boy wants to dance then he should put on his slippers and give one hell of a show ". We were never bound to the traditional beliefs of ... ...

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... a connection between girls and the sport of ballet. On the other hand, boys are thought of as tough and strong individuals. This thought is then associated with activities such as football, hockey or boxing. In the film, when Jackie finds out that Billy is taking ballet, he strongly believes that boys should do "manly" activities that would help him ... he grows up. Billy gets to hear his father's opinion about ballet when he says "Ballet is alright for your Nana, for girls. Not for lads, Billy. Lads do football, or boxing, or wrestling. Not friggin' ballet." This quote confirms Jackie'...

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... by gender that will soon likely disappear. On the popular show MADE that is on MTV, there was a particular episode where a high school girl wanted to participate on the men's football team. Against all odds and the community's reactions she came through and made the varsity team, probably with a little help from the publicity, but it's still important that she is ... when it comes to playing in men's leagues as well as having more coverage in sports. I think sometimes that the only coverage that women get sometimes is on Monday Night Football when they are sport's analysts, and I think ...

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... the jock/bully role perfectly and Bloor amplifies this by using Paul's voice in his writing. Paul deems Erik's goals asThe Erik Fisher Football Dream? and even comments on his love life. I guess Paige and Tina want to date football players, so these two will do. Erik and Arthur want to date cheerleaders, so these two will do? (Bloor 39). Erik now ... ...

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... can be done to curb this downward spiral that the male athlete has fallen into? The way schools budget their athletic funds would be a good place to start. Big time football usually carries the most in a schools athletic program, the most expenses, the most players, but also the most revenue. Often times the ... football program is force to carry many of the woman's programs because they fail to bring in enough money to support themselves. However, since they carry so many male students, other ... ...

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... , but the fact that dresses meant girl, weak and fragile, prohibited girls from such activities. I know this as a fact because I remember when I was in grammar school and I used to play football in my uniform, which of course was a skirt. The skirt didn't stop me from playing, I just wore shorts underneath it. I enjoyed running around and playing with the boys, but I also ... didn't matter what we did, there would be a small group of us gossiping and laughing about the boys or each other. The girls would encircle the boys as they played football in the playground watching them act "macho...

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... sex high schools have a partner school, this means that two single-sex high schools in the same vicinity are each others counterpart. The male high school will be the main football team for the students to cheer for and will have the same academic calendar. This is a great way for students to still have interaction with their peers of the opposite ... ...

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... ) where she states that "I know it's a sexist thing to say, but women aren't as good at making music as men - like they're not as good as men at football. A girl in a dress with a guitar looks weird. It's ok on the radio, because you can't see them. Chrissie Hynde is an exception. Very few of them are exceptions. And if ... ...

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... gender constraints. Feinberg forces a debate about whether society's strict gender categories are truly necessary or not. Haunted by herpes of being, beaten by her father, and raped by a high school football player, Jess leaves home in search of others like herself, By meeting other manly women in the factories, Jess continues to grown, and learns more about love from prostitutes and ... ...

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... example, "issues of safety may dictate that a girl does not play on a particular boys team, or that she play in a particular position on the team (such as punter in football)" (Findlay, 2010, p.10). The question then becomes, how do administrators determine which sports (and which positions) are safe and which are not? I'm not sure a general sweeping rule would be ... ...

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... strangers identify the sex of the child. Baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls are dressed in pink. The baby boy may be dressed in a blue jumpsuit with a football or a baseball glove on it. The baby girl may wear a bow in their hair and flowered pajamas. As the boy begins to grow, he is given a miniature basketball and a hoop ... ...

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... choices" (McCreary 520). For example, boys would avoid an activity like dancing because they see it as a traditionally feminine activity. Boys would engage in more aggressive forms of play like football or baseball. While there may be some benefits to strict gender role stereotypes, there are also some costs. These costs include limiting opportunities for both boys and girls, ignoring talent ... ...

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... are not gay, nor feminine. As Baker describes an experience that details the tremendous pressures that exist for boys to conform to masculine roles, he recalls one boy on the football team who accused another boy of the trying to make a sexual advance. So the kid beat him up profusely, while Baker and others watched it happen. Baker remembers being deeply ... ...

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... develop into a real man. Athletics is another type of legitimisation that reinforces society's definition of masculinity. Boys watch how their fathers admire and stoop over 'the game', whether it is football, hockey, or any other sport that epitomises masculinity. Children notice that the 'men' on TV impress dad and they want to simulate themselves accordingly. This initial reinforcer is a major impetus ... ...

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... wore overalls the parents cared. Symbolically, Gould is telling society that there is too much emphasis put on the guidelines in raising a child. What is wrong with a child liking both football and dolls? In today's rapidly changing times gender roles will continue to diminish because there is no easy clear-cut right or wrong way to be a male or a female. In ... ...

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... situation were to be reversed to a man, nothing would have been said or done. Most of the soap opera commercials advertise feminine products such as, cleaning products and cosmetics. During a football game, commercials advertise masculine products such as beer and truck shows. Television ads not only construct the public as a whole, they know how to target the right audience. Marcelline Barron ... ...

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... strangers identify the sex of the child. Baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls are dressed in pink. The baby boy may be dressed in a blue jumpsuit with a football or a baseball glove on it. The baby girl may wear a bow in their hair and flowered pajamas. As the boy begins to grow, he is given a miniature basketball and a hoop ... ...

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... guys most definitely caused me some trouble when it came to being called names. I was pretty masculine, and I still am to this day but the fact that I wasn't out playing football with the guys during recess showed I was breaking the norms of what it meant to be a "real man" in the eyes of my classmates. Even now, when I"m out on the ... ...

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... 't happen. However, if a man forgets these dates it is a good, valid reason for a divorce. This happens easily for men, because memories are non-existent in a man. Have you ever watched a football game? If you have, you will notice all of the instant replays. This is simply because men have already forgotten what has happened! Women remember everything. A woman can tell her ... ...

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... a picture, one of the girls described her drawing to the teacher as a portrait of a boy at her table and one of the boys described his drawing of being himself playing football with his brother. The other girl at the table drew a house and the second boy at the table described his picture to the teacher as a "scary" picture. Station 5 At this ... ...

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