In the book I'm reading, "Ladies First" by Ken Rappoport, we follow stories of how women used to not get a chance to play sports at all, and sports were considered only for men to what it is now. This book is about all of the female athletes that made a difference.
One thing that was very interesting that i noticed was that all of them had to overcome the same challenge: proving that women are just as good as men at their sport. The sports that these women played ranged from swimming and basketball to rock climbing and dog sled racing. I think that it is very interesting that this book shows all of their progress as a huge win, and for them it is, but nowadays are women not being segregated from male sports? Why is there a WNBA for women and an NBA for men? Why is there baseball for males and softball for girls? All of the sports that girls participate in are segregated so what did these women do? These women were some of the few women to challenge the world and try to break the barrier and for that they are recognized.
Sports segregation is just as bad as any discrimination there is out there in the world. Who makes the rules that girls and boys or men and women cannot play together? How is it his/her call to make? If all people are created equal why is it that we are separated. I also feel as if it isn't only the men in the situations fault. Why don't girls who think this is unfair go out and do something about it?
In conclusion, women and men are just as equally responsible for why there is sexism in sports but why should there be? If were all human why can't humans play each other on the professional level without it being a big deal? What if a girl is better than the leading boy? Then she is the champion of the sport but we will never know these situations.
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