Coming from Europe and spending most of my time there Ever
since the human beings started existing women are viewed as a weaker sex, that
said, it means that they and their accomplishments in “men’s” areas, such as
sport, will always be taken for granted. As long as the opinion of them being
weaker sex lasts among people, everything they do in sports will not be
recognized as it is when it comes to men’s competitions. I will be honest and
start with myself; women sports do not attract me near as much as it does men
sports. Speed, agility, physical strength, they all go in favor of men, that is
what is important and what is wanted when it comes to sport. Now there is a
question, is that fair? Does that mean women should stop playing sports and, as
one of my good friends once said, “Stay in the kitchen, that’s where they
belong”
Well, I will answer on these questions and say that first of
all, it is absolutely not fair in what kind of the situation women are put in
regarding the sports, and they can do much more than just be house wives as my
friend describe them. Effort, will, passion, determination; they are all
elements that are included in sport and what make sport the way it is now. All of
these things women have as much as men, maybe even more, because all the
physical indifference they have comparing with men they have to make up this
way. If a person sees the stats in the research that is made comparing the
genders, the numbers almost seem unreal how much women are put aside when it
comes to sports. Even though approximately 40% of all sport participants in
sport and any physical activity are women, the way they are treated would never
show how much they are involved in sports. Starting with unequal wages where
men make multiple times bigger money than women, through media coverage when
only 6% to 8% of all sport coverage in sports are women’s, to the women-only
stories in newspapers total only 3.5% while men-only stories go up to over 90%
in all the magazines and newspapers
Trying to equalize women rights in sport, comities and
federations in Europe have made clear that they do not support the fact that
women are treated the way they are. They want more equal right for women, and
that is why now we can see more women’s sports added into the Olympic Games
schedule, we can see sponsors awarding best females athletes with close to
equal contract deals as they do man, as well as first place awards are becoming
larger for women than ever before, particularly in tennis where a first place
at the tournament is the same for both males and females.
So
things are slowly but surely improving for women regarding their place in
sport, but now there is a question; when are people going to adapt and follow
female sport more, and when are they going to get rid of the opinion that women
are made just to spend time in the kitchen? Well, I cannot answer on those
questions, but I definitely know that before people stop thinking this way,
there is not going to be 100% equality between men and women in sports.
The top 10 performances of women's sports in the last 30 years
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