Moreover, female athletes have been facing an unfair coverage on the media. That women sports are underrepresented on the media is still happening. In most popular sport websites like Yahoo! Sport, ESPN, CBSSports, NBC Sports, etc., man sports always receive far more media coverage
The article refers to the fact that society prefers men’s sports over women’s sports due to the fact that they are more fast-paced, dramatic and these elements relate to high TV ratings. It also states that men make up the majority of the viewing audience and prefer watching men’s sporting events (Title IX A Losing Game For
Weiden+Kenedy urges viewers to consider women's role in the athletic community by reflecting on female roles in the past. W+K relates the text of the prints to specific
However, there is still more work to be done in regards to athletics. By a lack of funding and coverage the media is choosing to highlight a female athlete’s femininity over her achievements –negatively affecting the nation’s young female
In addition, women’s sports aren’t the only ones seeing an incline in participation. The media
News reporters typically focus more of their time covering male sports. Stemming from a popular stigma in which a number of journalists refer to female stories as “gender-bland”; commonly referred as female athletes tending to lack story, and are uninspiring to the public’s eye. As result, leading many of the female involved athletes to not be mentioned, and as recognized as the males in headlines. In a piece of research by USC news, statistics prove women’s stories averaged about 77 seconds, which is 50 percent shorter than men’s stories, and for local stations females only receive and average of 44 seconds of coverage. It is quite common for women to barely be seen on the news, and in articles.
Women athletes and women workers do not get the recognition they deserve. Men especially, look down upon women when it comes to their appearances, their knowledge and a women's physical and mental strength. In certain cases, a woman loses out on a job in the sports industry because she is exactly a woman. A male trainer can refuse to train women because of the parts her body has. Men and women have grown up in a world with the mindset that women know less than men when it comes to sports.
Female athletes are often subjected to a barrage of abuse and harassment online, which can have serious consequences for their mental health and well-being. The constant scrutiny and criticism can make it difficult for athletes to maintain their focus and confidence, which can have a negative impact on their performance (LinkedIn, 2023). Women in sports are often subjected to a wide range of online hate, including sexist comments, harassment, threats of violence, mocking, sexualizing, and belittling female athletes. The media plays a crucial role in public perception and interest in sports, yet women’s sports continue to receive significantly less media coverage then the men. It was found that 95% percent of sports news coverage is committed to men's sports, especially football, basketball, and baseball, while women's sports were given 5%-8% of space or airtime on these news sites (The Woman’s Network, n.d) although not having a lot of media coverage women's sports is still hated and degraded on.
In the movie the Flight of the Phoenix after captain Towns locates James and tries to persuade to return to camp they become involved in a conversation about whether or not to build the airplane. James informs Captain Towns that a man needs at least one of three fundamental human needs to be fulfilled in order to survive which is something to love, something to hope for, and something to do. Captain Towns realizes that in order for him to be an effective leader he needed to fulfill one of these there basic needs as well as persuade Jeremy to return to camp. For each of the basic needs that need to be met there are leadership theories that help explain how a leader may effectively meet these needs.
The articles show the gender inequalities between men and women and how media depiction continually emphasize gender stereotypes. I believe the media depicts women in sport negatively due to the gender stereotyping emphasized through the media which can be seen by the inferior depiction of female hockey players in the 2010
Although over time gender discrimination has grown progressively over the years, one place that gender inequality is not fully present is in the sports world. Gender inequality in sports has been an issue in the industry for centuries. For years and years women faced the issues of lower pay, not as much publicity and not being appreciated as a female athlete. Clearly, even in this prevalent era of alleged equality and impartiality, most sports still remains as a male dominion, as there still is an unnoticed barrier between sport and woman. Through this analysis, I wanted to investigate some of the initial causes for the above circumstances.
Gender Inequality in sports is an issue as old as sport itself. I choose this topic because we as a society seem to sweep it under the rug time after time. Women in sports however, try to address the issue only to have it go on deaf ears, leaving them to continue in the sport hoping something will change. Over the last few decades, strides have been made, but he sport remains an institution dominated by men. These women, whether they are in sport or in the business world, want a fair chance to be on the same level as their male counterparts.
Women have come a long way in the fight for equality – in the 1970s women fought for things like equal pay and equal opportunities in the workplace, yet this is still an issue today. This is even relevant to sport as sportsmen earn more than sportswomen for doing the same job. For years’ gender inequality has plagued professional sports, with people suggesting women’s sport is of a lower quality and women will never be as good as their male counterparts. On my cover I decided to blow up a picture of Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya.
Women’s competitions receive less recognition. The coverage of men’s sports on television,radio, or newspaper is much greater than women’s. In Australia, statistics were taken of the coverage of women, men, and mixed gendered sports to see which was covered more. Men’s sports were covered at over seventy percent in newspapers,radio and television. While women’s statistics showed less than eleven percent.
When the media did show the female athletes they always showed the negative plays in the clips of commercials making the girls look bad and weak. “Womens sports continues to be covered in ways that convey the message to audiences that women's sports
