Equality is, “ the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.” (“Oxford Languages and Google - English | Oxford Languages”). Equality for women has greatly increased in the past few years but women are not yet fully equal to men. Women in sports receive less than half the salary of a male athlete. Female athletes deserve equal pay as male athletes because they work just as hard, they get just as much recognition, and because without equal pay it is a violation of their rights that they have worked hard for.
Female athletes deserve equal pay because they get just as much recognition as male athletes do. For the past few years, the amount of recognition that female sports have been receiving has greatly increased.
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The amount of work that both female and male athletes put into their sports shows their devotion to the sport but the men get more of a reward. The US women’s soccer team has won four championships while the men’s team has won zero (“USWNT | World Cup Champions”) but according to the New York Times the US women’s team, “ earned as little as 40 percent of what players on the men’s national team were paid.” This illustrates that female athletes deserve equal pay as male athletes because it demonstrates how the women’s US soccer team put in just as much work and won four more titles than the men’s team did, but their salaries are nowhere to being equal. Female athletes deserve equal pay as male athletes because they get as much recognition, they work just as hard, and because without equal pay, it is a violation of their rights that they have worked …show more content…
Female athletes have just begun to be seen equal as male athletes and many men and women have fought for equality throughout sports. According to Columbia University, “As a result, by paying women lower wages based on revenue, leagues, teams, and governing organizations are discriminating against women athletes and coaches based on consumer preferences, thereby potentially violating the Equal Pay Act.” The Equal Pay Act protects against wage discrimination based on sex, (“Equal Pay for Equal Work”). Without paying female athletes it is not only a violation to the Equal Pay Act but is also a violation to many others. Female athletes have fought for many years to just be able to play sports and should not have to stop at just that. Female athletes deserve equal pay as male athletes because they get just as much recognition, they work just as hard, and because without equal pay it is a violation of their rights that they have worked hard