gender discrimination in sports
Gender discrimination in sports There is no doubt that throughout history people have discriminated against others based on race, gender, and religion. In the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, people fought wars against each other because of their different views on religion. Then, in the 16th and 17th century, African-Americans were taken into slavery due to the color of their skin. Lastly, in the 19th and 20th century, African-Americans and women fought for their rights. Female atheletes suffer discrimination in wages, media coverage, and are valued as inferior to their male counterpart. In women’s professional sports, women are not paid a lot at all. Women are paid much less than men. Not only in professional sports are women treated and paid unfairly, but also in collegiate level sports, where scholarships are awarded. As stated on the womens sports foundation “ male athletes get $179 million more in athletic scholarships each year than females do. Additionally, collegiate institutions spend just 24 percent of their athletic operating budgets on female sports, as well as just 16 percent of recruiting budgets and 33 percent of scholarship budgets on female athletes” (Cassel 1). These statistics prove that men are given a way larger amount than women, even in scholarship money, which comes from the school and institution itself. Although women and men train, workout, and play the same number of games, they are paid significally less for pretty much doing the same job, which is clearly unfair for many different reasons. Even for participating on the national team, which is not supposed to be a money-earning job, but more of an honor to play for one’s country, men and women are awarded money unequally. Acoording to the woments sports fountadion “For finishing in third place in the 2003 Women’s World Cup, each U.S. women’s National soccer team member was awarded $25,000. They would have received $58,000 if they had won the Cup. For