Sexualized Women in Sports - Spears, B.
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Sexualized Women in Sports
Brittany Spears
Introduction
Women are exploited in sports because of their sex Women are expected to act feminine Female athletes are expected to have a certain
body type
Media coverage depends on gender Beauty is the main focus of the coverage for
women sports
Textual Portrayals of Female Athletes: Liberation or Nuanced Forms of Patriarchy?
The author of this article is Victoria Carty and it was published in 2005 in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. Carty’s main point is that women are stereotyped
and face inequality in sports.
I am using this article to talk about how women are stereotyped and all the inequality they face in being a female athlete.
Title IX
Title IX was passed as a law to extend equal rights to women in 1972
Enabled more women to participate in sports
It positively influenced more women to play sports by giving them more opportunities.
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The Difference Between Femininity and Feminism
Some media showed feminist movement achievements “. . . hints that these should be
pursued over traditional ideals of femininity.”
Some media showed feminine stereotypes concerning women in sportsMedia ignored feminism
It is more about femininity and feminism rather than athletic skill
Being feminine as a female athlete
If you do not act feminine then you are considered masculine, which is worse than being a feminist
You cannot always be yourself in the sport you play if you always have to act feminine and appeal to the ideals of the majority of consumers of sport
Even if you act feminine in sports people still are going to favor male sports over female sports
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The female athlete’s body
Through the outfits that female athletes wear in some sports to how they are portrayed in the media, a certain expectation is placed in order to appeal to the majority of the audience
Women are sexualized through their sport by the display of their bodies
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Gender and Media Time
There is an inequality in media coverage involving women’s sports
Not all female sports are shown or supported equally
The media affects gender stereotypes and plays into the idea of feminine and masculine
Beauty and Media Time
Being pretty in sports will always get you media time as a female athlete
Having a sexy body as opposed to a masculine body is viewed more positively
Beauty is media’s main concern rather than the sport
Muscle can sometimes be considered sexy if it is thin and lean and not bulky or powerful
Race and Media Time
Media has a huge affect on the perceptions of an athlete’s race
Gender stereotyping on race forces femininity and masculinity to play out in a very black and white dichotomy
Feminism Increases or decreases when femininity is affected further subdivided by race
Sports and Stereotyping
Gender stereotyping in sports forces femininity and masculinity to play out in a very heterosexual way
Femininity only portrayed in a heterosexual wayHeterosexual is what is accepted and
valued
Conclusion
The problem of sexism in sports needs to be addressed at its core to be solved
Although females in sports and society’s view of females in sports are continually changing and progressing in the right direction, there are constant reminders of why the idea of females in sports is still a new concept that has to be grasped rather than accepted Unequal media coverage Objectification of female athletes
Bibliography
carty , victoria. "textual Portrayals of Female Athletes: Liberation or Nuanced Forms of Patriarchy?." frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 26.2 (2005): 132-172. Web. 5 Apr 2011.
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inside.nike.com/blogs/nikewomen-en_US/2009/02/06/change-th...-in-sport
www.sporting-hero.net
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