The Pros and Cons of Steroids for Athletes Minhaj Ghayur Writing 102 Dr. Turner May 11, 2010 Abstract Steroids have become a hot topic in the media and sports these days. A lot of athletes are being caught using steroids and jeopardizing their careers. The media and other health related organizations are trying to provide people with a better knowledge of steroids and the risks of taking steroids. Almost everybody knows the benefits of taking steroids, but does not know the overall process that goes with taking steroids and living the life afterwards. This research studies the pros and cons of using steroids.
Generally stating, sports is unfair and it always has been. Cheating in sports was started ever since sports began. Taking out athletes in the Hall of Fame strictly for cheating would be unjust. There are plenty of other cheaters in the Hall of Fame that go unpunished for what they have done, simply because sports in unwilling to punish them. The Hall of Fame is place to hold major records not minor ones, kicking out
By sexualizing women athletes, the media has given younger generations a false sense of reality. Senator Bayh probably did not think this was going to be an issue when he first introduced Title IX. Title IX, was a bill passed in 1972 that stated “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of gender, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance”. Since then an increased number of girls and women have become involved in sports. This led to a growing amount of girls participating in high school and college sports, which created a lot of publicity, support and media coverage.
Title IX Title IX brought the discrimination among gender in physical and general education to a halt, or at least has been attempting to do so for quite some time now. It has been enforced since June 23, 1972, yet many women’s collegiate programs are struggling to receive the benefits that they should be guaranteed. Several protests and outreaches have come up that touch on each opportunity that female athletes should be allowed. Some groups took a larger, more radical approach such as the 1976 Yale Women’s Crew team who held their own protest involving nudity. There are also those that work behind the scenes in fighting for equal rights in a less noted way such as University Oregon coach Jody Runge.
This person may now live life as a man, or may feel that their gender identity can't be truly summed up by either of the two options we're usually given (male or female). (1, 2) • How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Men are often viewed as masculine and women as feminine. Although the these roles can bereversed, but is often frowned upon and made fun of in modern society by most people.Although this has changed in the past few years with more people becoming accepeting of masculine women and feminine men. • Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity?
Roughly or wrongly. Some viewers might look at a woman sportscaster as guilty until proven innocent, and the males are proven guilty” (Salter 131). Reilly, the first spokeswoman that was mentioned earlier to do a play by play for the NBA stated, “The networks used to pick women for their looks, but now they require more qualifications. Some may still hire a woman just because she is a woman and the network needs a minority in the field.” Visser who now works for ESPN and ABC sports adds “When women(sportscasters) are given greater responsibilities and prove that they can manage them, they build a good reputation as sportscasters (Women in Sportscasting). The women knew the responsibilities that they had to take on to be accepted.
Aubrey EG 102 23 February 2011 Cheerleading is a Sport Over 4.1 million males and females all around the world devote over 2,000 hours a year to something they absolutely love (Cheerleaders 1). And all they get in return is the label of only an activity. Cheerleaders dedicate too much time, money, sweat, tears and energy just to get told by the Federal Court that they only “support other athletic teams” (Federal Court Rules 1). Those blind to cheerleading underestimate what all cheerleading involves therefore the sport is now being labeled as only an activity. The Supreme Court is wrong in the decision of cheerleading being just an activity; instead it is definitely a sport according to Title IX and the criteria it contains.
English 101 16 May 2011 Female Athletes: Challenging Stereotypical Gender Roles In the American society, there are specific gender roles which people are encouraged to follow. The male is associated with power and dominance which they can express through sport. On the other hand, the female is associated with beauty, grace and submissiveness. These female characteristics might satisfy the gender norms of society, but they go against the qualities that a female athlete must embrace. While the female athlete receives some positives through their participation in sport, their abilities are constantly being downplayed in order to emphasize their femininity.
In my second article titled, “Employment Patterns of Female Coaches in Men's Athletics: Tokenism and Marginalization as Reflections of Occupational Sex-Segregation,” Mary Jo Kane and Jane Marie Stangl examine how women have found it increasingly difficult to obtain jobs in coaching. Not only has it become a task for women to coach in women sports, but it has also become extremely difficult for women to coach in male dominated sports. Similar to the Rooney Rule, Title IX was implemented in order to give women more opportunity in the world of sport; however, the numbers of women in coaching has not risen much since. The authors provide typical logic which parallels Kanters view on tokens. Occupational sex segregation is an explanation one could use to clarify the low numbers of women in coaching positions.
The Ethics of Old Times While reading the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot there were many themes and topics I came across such as those of race and discrimination. One that stood out to me the most was the controversy about ethics and making amends between the medical community and the Lacks family. Many questions arouse about the ethics used by the doctors towards Henrietta and the Family, about the family forgiving the doctors, and about the doctors taking responsibility for their lack of ethical respect towards the family. Some may say that Henrietta’s treatment in the hospital was not the best it could had been, although she got an extreme amount of attention from the doctors. Although Henrietta was a black woman, when she walked into John Hopkins she was given medical attention which was rare for hospitals in her vicinity around this time.