ipl-logo

Pros And Cons Of Blending Genders In Sports

1050 Words5 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Racial segregation on sports

Nickeles Helms
Ms. Roberts
ENG 101 13415
6 July 2023
Position Essay The blending of genders in sports is a genuine issue and shouldn’t be endorsed. More specifically transgender men competing in women’s sports, women have had their own leagues since the late 19th century so why deviate from that now (Beachy & Delaquérière 10)? The reasoning behind why men and women were separated in the first place is because of physical discrepancies between both genders. Although some believe it's right to allow men to compete against women there are multiple reasons not to including physical advantages, limitations of scholarship opportunities and awards, and the possibility of blending the sport in favor of men. To begin, biological men shouldn't …show more content…

Why blend sports just because of a small minority of people who believe there something there physically not? Men and women have been separated in sports since women were given more freedom to play sports in the 1920s (Omeka RSS 1). Change is something that everyone must accept but this isn't the type of change that is needed. This is more of a punishment to women creating a hostile sports environment, in no way does this evolve women's sports for the good. People need to put themselves in the women’s shoes who are forced to compete against a biological male, it’s just unfair and shouldn’t be accepted. Maybe what’s needed is a league for transgenders which would allow them an even playing field without disrupting women’s sports. But the debate with this is that it violates transgender rights by forcing them to be separated from the gender they identify …show more content…

(2022, April 28). How women’s sports teams got their start. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/sports/title-ix-anniversary-womens-sports.html#:~:text=In%20the%20late%2019th%20century,and%20sexuality%20in%20women’s%20sports.
Bartolomei, S., Grillone, G., Di Michele, R., & Cortesi, M. (2021, February 9). A comparison between male and female athletes in relative strength and power performances. Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7930971/ Barnes, K. (n.d.). Amid protests, Penn swimmer Lia Thomas becomes first known transgender athlete to win Division I National Championship. ESPN. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33529775/amid-protests-pennsylvania-swimmer-lia-thomas-becomes-first-known-transgender-athlete-win-division-national-championship
Simonson, J. (2021, February 9). Female high school athletes fear for their future with inclusion of transgender women in Sports. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/female-high-school-athletes-transgender-rights-inclusion-scholarship
What rank did Lia Thomas Stand at while competing in the Men’s Swimming Division? EssentiallySports. (2022, March 22).

Show More
Related
141 Words | 1 Pages

In the article titled Face-off on the playing field By, Judith B. Stamper explains girls have their own story of support or discrimination, success also the debate of girls be allowed to compete on boys’ sports team. First, the writer Title IX explains female athletes are been treated second-class for long enough and should pass of inequalities and biases of girls. The writer also clarifies that girls doing sports make them healthier, physically, and emotionally. Other girls that don’t play sports are less likely to use of drugs. In addition, she notes a former Stanford University basketball player Mariah says, strength and independence of things girls learn from sports, the opportunities that are changing women.

Read More
128 Words | 1 Pages

Some argue that furthering options for female athletics would starve already successful men’s programs. This is, unfortunately, true to some extent. George F. Will writes in his article “A Train Wreck Called Title Ix” on the Newsweek website that colleges terminated over 400 men 's athletic teams to produce precise proportionality between the genders enrollments and participation in athletics. Although growing women’s athletics did cause some shortage in funding for men it is illogical to deny rights to one people group for the sake of having excess in another group. Female athletic programs were easy to blame for terminating some men’s programs, but if the funding were split more evenly between minor and major sports those programs might have

Read More
1025 Words | 5 Pages

In the articles “40 Years Later, Title IX Is Still Fighting Perception It Hurt Men’s Sports” by Goodale and “Title IX Under Fire As Colleges Cut Teams” by Marbella and Wells, the authors discuss Title IX and the effects it has on sports. Both Miller and Marbella and Wells mention Title IX as a law put in place to protect young women’s dreams of sports in college by forcing colleges to have their sports’ teams gender proportionality match their school’s gender proportionality. As the law came into effect, women’s teams in colleges were set up and flourished to meet women’s interests and the law’s requirements (Marbella and Wells). Over the years, colleges cut back on men’s sports instead of adding more women’s teams.

Read More
739 Words | 3 Pages

In the article, “Title IX defeats male athletes” by Ann Coulter, she says that male’s teams are being decimated in pursuit of an insane feminist dream that has morphed into feral policy: to make women’s sports equal to men’s, but really this shouldn’t have happened. Women play different sports than men do, sports are all different, and they shouldn’t have to be equal. Some sports are for men, some sports are for women, and some sports are for both. Some of the sports that are for men, could be too competitive or too complicated, but the sports that are for women exist so that women don’t have to play a sport that might be too hard for them. So in a way, men’s and women’s sports are already equal if you think about it because there is something for men to play and something for women

Read More
1319 Words | 6 Pages

One of the main complaints against Title IX is that in order to comply with its requirements, men's sports teams have been eliminated. The removal of men's teams has generated controversy because it has been claimed that doing so constitutes reverse discrimination. However, it's crucial to remember that Title IX only mandates organizations to give male and female athletes the same opportunity, not to abolish men's teams. Colleges have opted to do away with men's teams rather than make the necessary adjustments to guarantee equal financing and opportunity for both male and female athletes in order to comply with the law's criteria. The book recounts how, in 1979, Cornell University cut its men's gymnastics team and several other men's sports teams in order to comply with Title IX.

Read More
891 Words | 4 Pages

Title IX is a landmark piece of legislation that is now 42 years old and still going strong in representing mainly women’s athletics and establishing a foundation to stand and improve upon. Before this piece of legislation, men’s sports dominated women’s sports in all aspects, both in money, participation, physicality etc. With this law being established women now have a stronger presence in the sporting world because of this law. Women’s sports still have a long way to come in gaining media attention especially in big tournaments like NCAA March madness. Title IX is now turning into controversial debates with the increase of women’s sports and programs for athletics but to make room for these sports, some men’s sports have to be cut.

Read More
839 Words | 4 Pages

Writes “Often cited are cuts of men’s sports programs to make room for more women’s teams under the mandate of Title IX.” Barbara Sheehan points out that because of Title IX, guys are having to sit in the “sidelines” because their team is getting cut. A simple solution for this in directly in the law. “ The federal courts of appeals uniformly have rejected legal challenges to Title IX—holding that Title IX in no way requires schools to cut men’s teams, but that schools may choose to structure their athletics programs however they wish as long as they treat men and women equally.” (Sports)

Read More
2334 Words | 10 Pages

Women’s right activist and collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines stands at the forefront within the debate of transgender participation within women’s collegiate athletics. Riley Gaines highlighted in her interview that the NCAA allows transgender female athletes to compete as long as they test for under 10nmol/L of testosterone, while biological females have levels ranging from .8 -1.2nmol/L (Riley Gaines Speaks out about Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas, 2022). The significant difference in testing numbers alone creates a considerable gap between transgender females and biological females, raising concerns about fair competition. It is undeniable that biological males have an athletic advantage compared to biological females and the current NCAA policy allows for only three points of testosterone testing when there are many other factors to consider keeping the integrity of women’s athletics.

Read More
681 Words | 3 Pages

In the first place, to address the ratio between boys and girls sport activity, the gap is closing. In fact, in 1970 female participation was nearly 0 percent in high school sports then by 1980 it rose to 50 percent and in 2000 increased another 20 percent (par. 5). That is extraordinary change, however it is not because if the institute of title IX but instead it is the result of a major culture shift within the United States and had nothing to do with title IX. Back in the 1970s girls weren’t prevented from playing sports but it was a stigma of females in

Read More
1870 Words | 8 Pages

Junior Research Paper First Draft Serena Williams, Mia Hamm, Alex Morgan, Billie Jean-King, what do all of these great record beating athletes have in common? They’re all women. Less than 50 years ago it was unimaginable for woman to be playing sports besides tennis and cheerleading. Woman did not have the opportunities that men did to go out and try out for any sport that they wanted.

Read More
802 Words | 4 Pages

Good afternoon, thank you for giving me the opportunity to address a topic of significant importance in today's sporting socitey, I will be presenting an very light shining presentation on the topic of why transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete in womens sports. For some clarity before I begin to aviod bias, I respect the identities that people choose for themselves and I only intend to consider the biological developments and advantages people have. It is crucial to understand this issue and develop the honesty of fairness for womens sport. Imagine you've dedicated years of your life to perfecting your skills in sports. You've trained day in and day out, pushing your limits to compete at the highest level.

Read More
721 Words | 3 Pages

Imagine finally having the sport you are most passionate about available for you to participate in, yet not being able to compete in it simply because you are not of the correct gender. Nowadays, this is a fairly common issue. Whether it is because of both gender differences or due to the common belief that “boys are stronger than girls”, coeducation exercise is not exceedingly popular. Although many people believe males are stronger than females and think that coed sports are unfair, this type of athletics can benefit all athletes in multiple ways because it will allow both genders to work together more efficiently, allow the participants and sponsors to pay less, and help create connections with others that would not originally be made.

Read More
565 Words | 3 Pages

Sports should not be based on whether you are more interested in girls or guys sports; it should be based on which sport brings in more revenue and has the most participation

Read More
1069 Words | 5 Pages

If society stops to understand the struggles these women have been facing for decades will have a clearer picture of what steps to take in order to make a change in the sports industry. Men need to put their masculinity aside and advocate giving women a voice. The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues women in the sport world have faced through history, wage gaps, current issues today, and to discuss findings and recommendations for future research. Title IX is a law that came into effect in 1972, this comprehensive federal law prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.

Read More
1012 Words | 5 Pages

I do believe that they should be able to be on the same team without the feeling of others disapproving of their choice. With that being said, I think we should make sports more open to both genders. Such as making a boys and girls volleyball team or a football team that allows both boys and girls to join. I know a change like that may not happen for a while, but why not start trying

Read More

More about Pros And Cons Of Blending Genders In Sports

Related Topics

Open Document