Women in Sports

Women in sports don't get very much recognition. Some believe that women shouldn't play sports and that they aren't capable of playing them. I would agree that the level of play is not always the same. This is mainly due to the fact that men and women are built differently. Unfortunately, I have noticed first hand the favoring towards male sports. In highschool, I played on the women's varsity soccer team. We had a pretty good record and made our mark in our area. But even still, we were unable to get the attention of our school. We barely had any fans that weren't parents, or boyfriends. The school never gave us money, we had to raise it all on our own. While the basketball and football team got whatever they wanted. A lot of the attention the basketball team received was due to the fact that we had the number one draft pick playing for us. Even between the mens and womens soccer team, there were differences. The mens team thought they could make us move to the crappy field, so they could have the whole game field. They thought they were superior to us, even though we had the better record. We quickly but them in their place, and did not allow them to push around. The athletic department appeared to greatly favor the male sports. The difference in mens and womens sports is still noticiable are a larger scale. Basketball for example, mens basketball is definitely more popular than womens basketball. I can see how this could be, because I personally believe that male sports appear to be more intense. The physical contact is at a greater degree, making the game more interesting. This reminds me of a movie 'Love and Basketball', were the female player is constantly getting in trouble for physical contact. The main character even states, that because she is a lady she is told to calm down, while if a male does the same thing he gets a tap on the ass. The portrayl of the female plays a large role in the differences between men and women sports.