This phrase enforces the idea that women are weak and unequal to males performing the same action, especially in sports. Women are not considered as credible athletes when compared to their male counterparts, especially when playing what is considered by society as a masculine sport, or a sport in which danger, team spirit and strength are considered important (Jones & Greer, 2011). The notion of “femininity” accepted by society considers a feminine woman as a person who wears make-up all the time, has long hair, wears lipstick, is slender and is not aggressive (Ross & Shinew, 2008). The movie “A League of Their Own” clearly shows the inequalities and discrimination woman face in the world of sports. Although acceptance of females has increased over time, men and women are still not viewed as equals.
Although the author gives some credibly evidence but the author fails to mention is that this example might be only a few woman get high –stress or they can not concentrate so that lead to some accidents happening. Moreover, in recent day, woman often works some jobs and getting high positions such as Doctor, engineer, and Psychologists so if they get high – stress how women can do this jobs. Thus, the author need to consider about this ideas because this ideas was thinking bias viewer. In conclusion , the article “ No women in Combat”, Darren Gaves gave reasons why women can not serve in army. Women do not have mentally tough enough to survive and physically strong enough that is 2 reasons to convince the reader that the author offers.
Assessment 1 Gen14 Question A: Why is the concept of a level playing field so important in relation to social institutions? Give examples of how its absence may influence the lives of women. Jennifer Morrissey S2863698 Date due; 21/09/10 Word count; 961 Tutor; Win Fahey This essay will show how the absence of a level playing field for women within work and the law have been detrimental to women seeking empowerment and the right to a freedom of choice in their lives. It will use statistics and examples to demonstrate the absence of a level playing field within these institutions. Glossary Battered Woman Syndrome = A syndrome where women repeatedly endure violence over an
Women have long been considered to be part of the lower status when it comes to jobs similar to men. In Arlie Hochschild’s vies, “The feelings of the lower-status partly may be discounted in two ways: by considering them rational but unimportant or by considering them irrational and hence dismissible” (172). This “doctrine of feelings” has been seen to permeate the workforce in such a way that it becomes impossible for women to be respected when they display any sort of emotion. In this essence, women who are considered the lower class in the working environment are oppressed in two ways. The first such way is to ignore any legitimate concerns women have; the second way is to classify any emotion as unnecessary and “irrational.” Women get taken advantage of solely because society has considered them emotional, which in today’s modern society is often mistaken for being unstable.
Edith’s motive for beginning her late career in politics was because she believed that the rights and needs of women and children were not represented in government and her own sad experiences as child. Edith also believed that ‘...The views of both sides are more than ever needed in parliament today. If men and women work for the state side by side and represent all different sections of the community, and if the male members of the house would be satisfied to allow women to help them and would accept their suggestions when they are offered, I cannot doubt that we should do very much better work in the community then was ever done before.’ ( An extract from Source
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.
Women don’t want to be thought of in this sought of way all they want is to be able to play their grand final with an audience like then men’s AFL grand final. The journalist makes us endorse her view on this with the aid of anecdotal evidence and interviews, anecdotal evidence and interviews are used to target our conscience not what we know it right but what we feel is right. Nicole Graves says that many serious sportswomen would love to focus on AFL, but, because there are limited prospects for playing at a top level, they turn their attention to sports with better opportunities for women such as netball, tennis and golf. This anecdote makes us feel sympathy for the girls because who doesn’t want fame and because everyone looks down on women’s AFL they will never be as famous as athletes from other sports. The journalist interview Nicole graves who told him/her that “We want to play the same game but we don’t want to play like blokes… we just want to play” this also makes us feel sympathetic towards the women AFL teams because at the moment they are not being able to play the same game on the same scale.
People often do not acknowledge women sports as much as men's sports. From the time of early Olympics, the role of women in sports and games was neglected. The end of the 19th century and turn of the 20th century saw the rising interest of women in sports both as participants and spectators. And for many years, women have been looking to be taken seriously in sports the same way men are. Compared to men's sports, most women’s sports are newer and that’s one of the main reasons for them not getting the recognition they deserve.
These target groups who suffer barriers are; women, disabled people, the elderly, all people and ethic minority. The reason in which women are a target group is for when there pregnant, this tends to be because women get tired a lot easier, and don’t have enough energy in them to participate in any forms of sport, and they also suffer weight gain meaning more pressure is placed on the joints of the women during participation in sport. These are the reasons in which women when pregnant won’t take part in sport. Although it has been proven than when a women is pregnant they are recommended to participate in some forms of sport as it will help them through labour, a sports which is excellent to do is swimming, and this is because it helps strengthen the entire body. Another sport in which they can do is golf, this is better to do than nothing as it gets you moving.
Even though these women showcase a passing interest in sports with more feminine attributes, they still do not seek out further information about those specific sports (134). Surprisingly, these same women who do not follow women’s sports, complain or are displeased with the lack of coverage they receive. Professional women’s sports are not getting enough exposure, which hinders possible new fans from being interested. Therefore, if women’s sports were on television as much as men’s sports, more people, not just other women, would watch and support