Inequalities in Women's Sports

COM 1010Informative Speech Report
Title: Women Inequality League
Topic: Women’s SportsGeneral Purpose: To informSpecific Purpose: To inform my audience about the inequality within women’s sports.Central idea: Inequalities in women’s sports have been made relevant through history, media coverage, and salaries.
Introduction
* Inequalities in women’s sports still persist even as there are high quality women’s sports teams and athletes
* Inequality within women’s sports is historical, but there has been improved professionalization
* They are gendered representations of both male and female athletes in mass media, but female athletes represent themselves better when using social media
* There is more coverage of the men’s sports game partly because sports are associated with men, but a country’s history also influence women’s representation.
* There have been sport participation rates among girls and women, but false stereotypes and assumptions about women's sports less media representation
* Stereotypes and assumptions are closely linked with perceptions on women’s sports.
* I will focus on Inequalities in women’s sport and look into how history, media coverage, and salaries are linked to inequalities.
(First, I will discuss the beginning of the history.)
Body
* Women’s sports throughout history have been fighting to get the recognition they deserve.
* Throughout the history of sports in various different societies and cultures, inequality of women in sport has been normalized and there has been little effort to address this.
* Men control sports and the sports world is integrated in spaces associated with men, and people are not keen on allowing women into these spaces and roles that seem for men.
1 While women have made great strides in different aspects of life, such participation in the workplace, but there are still various barriers in sports.
* Christian (27) reports that” Every time a young woman participates in sports or displays her athleticism she breaks down naturalized gender categories and expectations”
1 Gender stereotyping means that female sports is seen as a footnote, but female participation has helped break down barriers
2 Women are underrepresented in sports and stakeholders have been slow in improving female participation
3 Therefore, there is a need to promote female sports to ensure their recognition
* Inequality in women's sports is a social issue that also depends on people's expectations, attitudes, beliefs and the legal system.
1 In 1921 the Football Association (FA), which is the English soccer governing body banned women’s soccer arguing the game unsuitable for women (Petty and Pope 2).
(Now that I have talked about Women’s sports, I will talk about how women’s sports media coverage has negatively imputed people’s attitudes and, perceptions and expectations).
* Women’s sports media coverage has a negative impact on the way people view them.
* Stereotypical representation and underrepresentation of female athletes that does not empower female athletes and casts doubt on their abilities
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