vendredi 9 janvier 2015

Gender Discrimination In Sports Media

By Enid Hinton


The victimization of people based on their sex is what is known as sex discrimination. It has mostly resulted from the old believes that a man is more significant than a woman. This leads to a decrease in the participation of women in many fields. They are not given equal chances and opportunities in either professional or amateur sports. Gender discrimination in sports media does not just incline to one sex, but sways towards both of them.

Sex in frequently mistaken for gender ethics. It is worth noting that sex refers to the physical body. It is either branded as man or woman depending on your features, but there are a special group of people who consider themselves as none of the above. Gender refers to socially accepted behavior that are linked to our bodies. They are the characteristics that the society defines as masculinity or feminity.

Young women drop out of sporting because of being viewed as non-feminine women. This goes as far as being labeled as lesbians regardless of their own sexual identity. In the same way a man who does not satisfy the social standard of a manly man feels intimidated and ends up excluding himself from games. These men will often be labeled as gay regardless of their sexuality. These judgments are made by people in society in relation to gender but they are clouded with opinions regarding sexuality.

The number of the women in sport journalism is growing fast. This has of course caused a lot of controversial thoughts in the recent years. Most of the traditionalist view the sporting industry as a kingdom belonging to men. These ladies have had to tolerate a lot of criticism from them.

These ladies are often given the grounds to feature short sessions before the games begin. Making a report on the ongoing game is a problem since the crowd behind constantly devote their time to make fun on them since they are ladies. Their careers and reputation are judged by how they look.

There was a debate to establish whether or not they should be allowed into the locker rooms after the games. When they are denied access, the male gets the competitive advantage in the field. When both sexes are denied access, the males recent the females for having their access deprived.

All in all, there are stereotypes associated with each profession. This is a picture we create in our minds while we are small. The job of a man or a woman? No. As we grow we should learn that these stereotypes are wrong and come up with strategies to erase them from our minds. We need to set ourselves free from such kind of victimizing convictions. It hurts other people and you may also get hurt in the process.

Breaking the stereotype barrier is not a walk in the park. Changing the thoughts and convictions of masses of people is harder than one can imagine. Our dear journalists should therefore focus their energy towards becoming better writers and reporters. In that way we will be satisfied knowing that sex cannot be a hindrance to work.




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