Реферат: Sexism In Sports Essay Research Paper SEXISM

1960?s.

In 1972 the 1500m was added.

The women?s AAA in Britain did not allow women to

compete in long-distance road races until 1975.The

International Olympic committee refused to add the

3000m run for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, because the

event was deemed ? a little too strenuous for women?

in1984 the 3000m and the marathon were added.

1997 a women?s professional basketball league was

made, the WNBA (Women?s National Basketball

Association)

As you can see by this history it has been a long and slow battle

for women in sports. When we put this into a timeline form you

can truly see how it has progressed through the years.

Athletes are Athletes… A recently published article by Clay Kallam

that has won many awards, this best sums our report up. The

Article in it entirety is in the following web site

http://www.fullcourt.com/highschool/column52096.html

(For purposes of this report we only wrote up the relevant issues.)

Athletes are athletes

By Clay Kallam

Publisher

It happens twice a week during basketball season. At one gym, the boys team

runs out on the floor, the cheerleaders pumping their pom-pons as the fans cheer each

starter. At another gym across town, the girls team faces another funereal atmosphere,

with only parents, boyfriends and the occasional stray prepwriter dotting the stands on

one side of the floor.

In a few enlightened leagues, it’s not this way. The girls and boys both play on

the same site on the same night, before the same fans – and no one gets shortchanged.