I need quotes about women in sports, why the discrimination against them etc ?
I wanted the quotes for my PED exam
Why? Look at the sexism and ignorance displayed by some of the posters who answered this question: They assume women’s sports is boring, that no one goes to women’s sporting events, and that women’s sports are not important to girls or women or their families.
-They are wrong. According to the NCAA, in 2009, over 11 million people went to Women’s College Basketball games. Sounds like 11 million ppl don’t think women’s college basketball is boring, since they all went to a woman’s college basketball game this past season: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/sports+and+championship/general+information/stats/w+basketball/attendance/index.html
The NCAA reported that in 2008, over 1 million ppl attended Women’s College volleyball games: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/sports+and+championship/general+information/stats/volleyball/attendance/attendance.html
-Millions of girls are interested in sports as well. The number of girls playing high school sports in 2001 was 2.8 million girls; it’s over 3 million now. The number of women playing college sports in 2001 was over 150,000. Obviously, women’s sports is important to many girls, women and their families: http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Articles/Issues/Title%20IX/T/Title%20IX%20Q%20%20A.aspx
-In the days before Title IX, only one in 27 girls played varsity high school sports. Similarly, 32,000 women athletes played on intercollegiate teams prior to Title IX.
-By 2001, that figure was up to one in 2.5, for a total of 2.8 million girls playing high school sports. Similarly, in 2001, over 150,000 women played on intercollegiate teams.
- Athletic scholarships for women were virtually non-existent prior to Title IX, but by 2003, there was more than $1 million in scholarships for women at Division I schools.
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October 6th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
I can’t find any, so I will just have to make one up:
"Women’s sports suck and that is why nobody watches them." – Fred O
Quite profound, if I do say so myself.
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October 6th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
In the 21st Century the only discrimination Women’s sport’s face is from women who just don’t like sport’s.
One could make an argument that men’s sports are under assault because of feminist anti male hate.
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October 6th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Oh, you mean the way women are paid the same as men in tennis, despite only playing 3 sets to the men’s 5?
I used to play sport every day at school, and after school.
The fact that there are less women than men in most sports, is because males tend to prefer sports more. It has nothing to do with discrimination, it’s about CHOICE.
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October 6th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Could it be because it is boring, I don’t know just a thought.
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October 6th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
The majority of female sports are not as interesting as the male versions so everyone watches the men.
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October 6th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Boring as hell, really boring. Women’s boxing is a joke.
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October 6th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I don’t think there’s any discrimination against them. The mens sports are better played, and that’s why they get the better coverage and attendances.
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October 6th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Who said they were discriminated against?
A misandrist professor who discriminates against male students
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October 6th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Why? Look at the sexism and ignorance displayed by some of the posters who answered this question: They assume women’s sports is boring, that no one goes to women’s sporting events, and that women’s sports are not important to girls or women or their families.
-They are wrong. According to the NCAA, in 2009, over 11 million people went to Women’s College Basketball games. Sounds like 11 million ppl don’t think women’s college basketball is boring, since they all went to a woman’s college basketball game this past season: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/sports+and+championship/general+information/stats/w+basketball/attendance/index.html
The NCAA reported that in 2008, over 1 million ppl attended Women’s College volleyball games: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/sports+and+championship/general+information/stats/volleyball/attendance/attendance.html
-Millions of girls are interested in sports as well. The number of girls playing high school sports in 2001 was 2.8 million girls; it’s over 3 million now. The number of women playing college sports in 2001 was over 150,000. Obviously, women’s sports is important to many girls, women and their families: http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Articles/Issues/Title%20IX/T/Title%20IX%20Q%20%20A.aspx
-In the days before Title IX, only one in 27 girls played varsity high school sports. Similarly, 32,000 women athletes played on intercollegiate teams prior to Title IX.
-By 2001, that figure was up to one in 2.5, for a total of 2.8 million girls playing high school sports. Similarly, in 2001, over 150,000 women played on intercollegiate teams.
- Athletic scholarships for women were virtually non-existent prior to Title IX, but by 2003, there was more than $1 million in scholarships for women at Division I schools.
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Title IX at 35 – Progress Measured, Gaps Remaining:
http://www.now.org/issues/title_ix/080125titleix.html
Pitting Men’s Low interest Sports against Women’s Sports:
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Articles/Issues/Title-IX/D/Dropping-Mens-Sports–Expanding-Opportunities-for-Girls-and-Women-in-Sport-without-Eliminating-Mens.aspx