In my English class, we read an article entitled “Whither
the Female Sports Fan?” from the Carolina Reader textbook. It takes a look at how women’s sports have
struggled to compete with their male counterparts. It was very shocking yet realistic how the author
details the fact that even when making history, women’s sports teams such as
the Connecticut Huskies ladies basketball team when they broke the UCLA men’s
basketball team’s record win-streak. I
couldn’t believe that an accomplishment such as that was not given any serious
media attention, at least not like a men’s team would have received. In order for there to be complete gender
equality, equality in sports is a necessity.
Men and women alike should be more open to attending and giving the due
attention to women’s sports, whether they happen to be young women or
professional female athletes. It is not
an absurd step to take, and I fully believe that it is a necessary step to take
for equality to be fully realized.
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