Masculinity In Sports
Introduction
Sports are a very popular activity around the world. There are all different kinds of sports. You got basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and many more, but those are just the mail four that are played in America or at least televised. If you look at sports they all have something in common. Either it is trying to score more points than the other team, and all of them require some sort of round shaped object. Also, sports require a team and you work together as a team.
Although every sport has an objective to score more than your opponent, and have a better record than every other team. There are rules you must follow. For example, in football if you jump offside then it results in a fall start. Also, in basketball if you …show more content…
Also, since we think of sports more as a man’s hobby then we more than likely think of the refs will be men. Although that may not be the case nowadays, Lauren Holtkamp is a women NBA referee. She is one of three women NBA refs. However, women refereeing for the National Basketball Association is not what you see in everyday basketball game. Especially for a men’s professional game and definitely challenges the gender …show more content…
It shows that women don’t have to be a housewife or have to have a secretary job. It shows that women can do way more than what society has determined for our gender. Since we live in America we all know how society has expectations on what type of jobs women should have and what their hobbies should be, and same goes for men. Society expects women to stay at home, keep the house clean, care for the kids, and make the food. We think that because back in the forties and fifties before it was really normal for women to work, that’s what they did. So, though that society has had gender expectations on what women and men do. That’s why the picture and the article about the Lauren Holtkamp is so powerful. This picture and article shows that women can do jobs that society thought that were only for
Sports are a very popular activity around the world. There are all different kinds of sports. You got basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and many more, but those are just the mail four that are played in America or at least televised. If you look at sports they all have something in common. Either it is trying to score more points than the other team, and all of them require some sort of round shaped object. Also, sports require a team and you work together as a team.
Although every sport has an objective to score more than your opponent, and have a better record than every other team. There are rules you must follow. For example, in football if you jump offside then it results in a fall start. Also, in basketball if you …show more content…
Also, since we think of sports more as a man’s hobby then we more than likely think of the refs will be men. Although that may not be the case nowadays, Lauren Holtkamp is a women NBA referee. She is one of three women NBA refs. However, women refereeing for the National Basketball Association is not what you see in everyday basketball game. Especially for a men’s professional game and definitely challenges the gender …show more content…
It shows that women don’t have to be a housewife or have to have a secretary job. It shows that women can do way more than what society has determined for our gender. Since we live in America we all know how society has expectations on what type of jobs women should have and what their hobbies should be, and same goes for men. Society expects women to stay at home, keep the house clean, care for the kids, and make the food. We think that because back in the forties and fifties before it was really normal for women to work, that’s what they did. So, though that society has had gender expectations on what women and men do. That’s why the picture and the article about the Lauren Holtkamp is so powerful. This picture and article shows that women can do jobs that society thought that were only for