ScienceDaily states, “According to the NCAA, female athletes are at least twice as likely to suffer an ACL injury as male athletes and in some cases up to eight times more likely” (“Why Women Suffer More Knee Injuries"). Female anatomy and knee alignment contribute to these statistics. A male knee has more room for the ACL to stretch while twisting than a female knee. This lack of space causes the knee to pinch, and possibly tear, the ligament. Knee alignment for females is also at a greater angle than males because the pelvis of a female is wider than that of a male (McAlindon).
Even with rigorous training and proper safety equipment, risk for severe injuries to the neck, spinal cord, and growth plates. Basketball topped the list of sports-related injuries, followed by cycling, football, soccer, and a few other sports.Basketball is now the leading cause of sports-related injuries in the U.S., “due in large part to a surge in knee injuries” among women athletes, according to an Illinois sports medicine specialist. Because of anatomical differences between the sexes, women are at greater risk of serious knee injury than men. Fortunately, the risk of knee injuries can be reduced by teaching athletes to change how they move on the court. The blame on basketball injuries has been traced back to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which is the major stabilizer of the knee.
We know this is not true because women have done everything in this world that men have including dangerous adventure sports yet they considered to be lower than men .Their talents are not as recognized as men’s talents are and they are mostly looked upon as not being fit for the same jobs as men are. These issues are presented in the texts examined in this essay. The song “What it feels like for a Girl” by Madonna and the essay “Fifty one percent Minority” by Doris Anderson are about Gender Inequality and how women are treated in society. The song by Madonna describes the pressure women feel to conform to social norms of politeness and subservience and the essay by Doris Anderson is about discriminatory practises that are done against women in Canada. Anderson is also one of Canada’s leading advocates of women rights.
Many women feel insecure, self conscious, and unappreciated because they don’t look like the woman portrayed in the media. Secondly, this image being portrayed by media can resort to unhealthy treatments to lose weight. Woman have tried to stop eating or throwing up their food to stop them from gaining weight, which has only led them to becoming ill. Other women use diet pills and meal supplements to lose weight, however, when they stop taking them, a majority of the time they go back to their previous life style and gain a majority of that weight back. A lot of women exercise to lose weight, but if they have really low self-esteem, they try to push themselves, leaving themselves exhausted and dehydrated; still seeing no results. Women try unhealthy diets, excessive exercising and sometimes anorexia to look a certain way, but in the end, they just end up unhealthy and unsatisfied.
http://life.gaiam.com/article/how-stress-affects-womens-health This article was written by E.C. LaMeaux. LaMeaux writes about symptoms of stress in woman and how it affects them. Heart disease is the number-one killer of American women and the most prevalent consequence of stress. Stress causes high blood pressure, which compels the heart to work double time, increasing the risk of strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure and diabetes.
Every woman has small amount of hair on their face but some of them suffer from excessive facial hair growth, which at the same time is embarrassing and depressing too. It ha been estimated that 40million women in U.S alone, are suffering from excessive facial hair growth which is known as hirsutism. When the amount of a hormone known as androgen (which is a male hormone) increases in the system of a female, dark facial hair appear on their face. Women all over the world want to look beautiful but the facial hair are not in their favor. So women choose many ways to remove the hair to look better.
“Girls see a double standard in covering women’s sports. When male athletes receive media attention, such coverage is primarily focused on their skills and performance. When female athletes receive media attention, the media is much more likely to focus on their physical attractiveness or non-sport-related activities” (Daniels, 2009, Pg 405). Sexualization is defined as occurring when a person's value comes only from her or his sexual appeal or behavior, to the exclusion of other characteristics, and when a person is sexually objectified, e.g., made into a thing for another's sexual use (APA, 2011). By sexualizing women athletes, the media has given younger generations a false sense of reality.
So to look at a woman and see the extra pounds, whether it’s just a few around the middle or the lady riding the electric scooter because she can’t walk due to being so large, the general public can see only one explanation. Women overeat and they are so lazy that they deliberately won’t lose weight; therefore it’s their own fault. While the stereotype of fat women as being lazy overeaters may be true for some, there are many different causes of obesity in women that are beyond their control, including previous pregnancies, genetics, and disabilities that limit mobility or exercise. Not all women are able to immediately lose the excess pounds after giving birth, and it is easy enough for them to be stereotyped as lazy, despite the fact that their bodies have gone through a lot of physical changes associated with pregnancy. In an article written arguing the link between pregnancy and obesity, the author explains that, “In the past century, recommendations for gestational weight gain have become more liberal, and the prevalence of obesity among women of childbearing age in this country has increased drastically.” (Siega-Riz) In essence, the recommended amount of weight gain during pregnancy has increased; making it harder to lose the excess weight after the baby is born.
It is collectively an insight of how social media can be so sickening to young adults, while it covers both genders, it it generally focused on women seeing as “it is women’s bodies, rather than any other attributes, which appear to make them worthy of being represented” (206). That quote alone just show how much the female body is of importance in succeeding in this world, and just how fragile it can become due to eating disorders. Media is very negative when it comes to girls of all ages loving themselves, by simply telling them their bodies aren’t beautiful. Which is what Maggie Wykes and Barrie Gunter were trying to bring light on that media reinforce vivid images of femininity, that it has been :”within history of cultural constructions of femininity” (207). It is a cultural phenomenon that media effects those drastically that it has been given a name: body shaming.
The worldly depictions of the human body are put to an extreme view because of how the media has affected the way people think about themselves. Wherever you go you will hear someone saying: “You are too skinny,” or “You are too fat.” These statements can have an influence on your self-confidence and cause you to try and “perfect” your body size. Even though the bodies we see are photo-shopped to look better, people still want to look the way they see others looking. Our imperfections are just what make us the way we are. A woman can have a little extra weight on her and still be beautiful.