Women athletes have made huge strides since Title IX but there is still room for improvement. The media coverage of female athletes needs to change for all the young girls who look up to these female athletes as role models and the mass media needs to take a more active role and cover male and female sports equally. (Will Anything Change, http://femaleathletes.wordpress.com/, May 5, 2008) The text was directed mostly toward women athlete community, while speaking to any woman who has had experience with the culture of the athlete community also; targeting male and female to understand the discriminating
Sharpe’s believe this could be because of the changing attitudes of society in general towards women and the impact of feminism. Mitsos and Browne (1998) say that the service sector which is traditionally seen as women’s work has expanded. Employers usually like women in this sector as they have good communication skills and the rise in the employment of women has given girls the incentive to do well at school. Mac and Ghaill claim that the decline in male employment opportunities has led to an ‘Crisis of Masculinity’ as many boys now believe they have a less chance in a getting a proper job. This undermines their motivation and self-esteem therefore they give up on trying to do well in education and have a fatalistic attitude towards it.
Along with all of this comes sexism and how it plays a role in children’s lives. The child learns from what he or she sees, and sexism is a big thing. For example, a little girl who believes only boys can be doctors and only girls can be nurses. Same with boys, they think they should obviously have the higher degree. Boys are learning at an early age to think that the girls are of lesser value.
The reason being, she noticed other children, a little more aged, speaking about subjects such as sex in front of them. Irene thinks she can insure her sons a happy childhood by keeping "the race problem" hidden from them. However the huband opposes her idea of restraining the children from these facts. Brian asks," 'What was the use of our trying to keep them from learning the word 'nigger' and its connotation? They found out, didn't they?
arol Gilligan—influential feminist psychologist and author—is worried. Gilligan's 1982 book In Another Voice (called "the little book that started a revolution" by Harvard University Press) electrified the pundit class with its premise that girls were fundamentally misread and oppressed by American society. The advocacy programs promoting equality for girls that resulted from Gilligan's call-to-arms have had an impact few would deny. In fact, they may have worked too well, as schools generally acknowledge that girls now outshine boys in grades and high level-course enrollment (even in math and science, says the National Center for Education Statistics) and outnumber them in formerly male bastions such as honor societies, debating clubs and
Because they competed in pageants as little girls, their mindset might be different from other girls. They may feel like appearance is everything and because they learned how to use their appearance to get whatever they want, they could very well become sexually active a little earlier than they are supposed to be. And because of their becoming sexually active early, there could be an increased chance that they could become pregnant while they are still in school. This could very well lead them to becoming pageant parents themselves, and in doing so starts the chain of events all over again in a never ending circle of corrupting young, innocent minds. All of this is a possibility because these girls started competing in pageants to
After being teased mercilessly, Elsie concocted a plan to fool the adults. 'Elsie got tired of the joking and one night suggested to me that she would copy the dancing figures of fairies from one of my most precious possessions, my Princess Mary's Gift book... 'That will shake them!' she said. 'They'll have to stop making fun of us then.'' The next time that the two girls were teased by their parents, Elsie challenged her father, telling him that if he lent them his camera, a Midg quarter plate, the two girls would try to take a photograph of one of the fairies.
It targets the basic needs for kids such as self-esteem, society’s acceptance, and beauty. I feel that the media plays a part why young men choose to use steroids, in hopes of being like that famous athlete on television or billboards. I believe the covers of magazines and television may play a part in young girls who develop eating disorders and even drug use. It is almost as if the media teaches children and teenagers that if ones wear certain shoes and clothes someone will be happy. I feel that our young people will lose their identity and forget what is really important in life.
One of these reasons argued by sociologist Sharpe is that working class girls are more aspirational than the working class boys. Sharpe carried out interviews on working class girls in 1976 and again in 1994, in 1976 the girls’ aspirations were to find love, get married and have children. In 1994 the girls’ aspirations were to get a career of their own. Another reason could be due to the fact that girls have better communication and socialisation skills. From an early age girls are in the playground interacting with each other whilst the boys are off playing football.
Although they might be brown or white, inside of that colour is still human, and they should have as much chance as everyone else. Joshua thinks that society thinks brown people can’t succeed. An example of this is when he says “if I were a girl, either by myself or with a baby in or beside me, victim of teen pregnancy with a guy in high school”. I personally find this highly unfair how society is judging brown people because they are a different colour. This story inspires me, and I’m sure it will inspire you as well.