Societal Views on Sports and Gender

Social perception of sports and gender sports has become an important part of American culture and society. It is hardly rooted in our hearts when we were children, and it is almost necessary. Elementary school receives exposure to physical education and competitive sports. But even at this level, we can control which types of sports are considered "right" according to our gender. As women come to participate in sports, the opposite voice is rising there. We saw this example in the movie 'Battle of the girls'.

Eric Westover, a non-profit consultant and motivating lecturer, said that gender can play an important role in how limb amputees see themselves. "This will go back to the social opinion that we printed on TV, magazines, bulletin boards," he said. "Under normal circumstances, you can not see women's upper limbs wearing hooked body-moving prostheses, they seem to have cosmetic hands or something missing "After the onset of complicated regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in 2001, Westover's right arm was cut below the elbow. "I want features, more cold, better, better, my idea is to show off it if I have it." Westover is the goalkeeper of the American National Football Association and American football It is Vice Chairman of the Association.

Football is a worldwide phenomenon, it is a movement across national, cultural, religious, and gender boundaries, and is a socio-economic group. The FIFA World Cup, where more people are watching football than any other sport in the world with more than 3 billion fans is the world's most noteworthy sports event. More than 1 billion viewers will join the 2014 contest. In addition, football is also the most stable sport in the world, with more than 265 million players participating in this game. Team money is everywhere and millions of dollars every week are fluctuating among clubs, players, fans, sponsors and broadcasters. In recent years, clubs have more rich TV / sponsorship contracts. Today, the average value of the world's 20 most valuable teams is 1.16 billion dollars, 84% higher than five years ago. Real Madrid is the most valuable team with an estimated value of $ 3.26 billion.

The evolution of the sex role in our society shows that women's representation in sports has undergone a major change. The development of women's sports has been proved by creating various professional sports leagues for women, such as WNBA and LPGA. In addition, due to the change in equality of women's sports, more female athletes participate in sports (Hardin and Whiteside, 2009). A significant increase in the number of women participating in sports seems to be related to the rapid growth of many professional women's sports leagues and the coverage and representation of female athletes in the sports world. In addition, women began to completely change their view in the sports world by participating in male-dominated sports (Gilenstam and Henriksson-larsen, 2008). This shows how women changed their perceptions in the sports world by challenging stereotypes. 6