Friday, September 4, 2009
Women are too delicate?
The differences from rules to customs in male and female sports are infinite. From high school to the professional level woman and men have always differed in athletics. Men are clearly stronger than women and thought to be better suited to handle sports. In history women were thought to be solely the caretakers of their husbands and other men in the family; even in athletics women are still looked upon as fragile and delicate, and respectful towards their opponents and coaches. In physical sport, like lacrosse, women are not allowed to hit or check their opponents even though the rules in boys lacrosse say the opposite. Women who participate in sports are just not looked at to be as strong as boys or as tough to be able to handle the physical activity that comes with the territory.
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I agree with your thoughts on Lacrosse and how the rules should be the same. Women in Lacrosse should have the choice to check and be as aggressive as they want within the same rules as men. Running is similar in that the men’s mile for track and field is about 200 meters longer than the womens. However, other sports that do have the same rules are still played much differently than the other gender. Soccer, for example, has the same rules for both men and women. If you watch a men’s soccer game, the teams use slide tackling and shoulder to shoulder contact to try to beat their opponent off the ball. But, if you watch a women’s soccer game, the players use their speed and technical abilities to beat their opponent to the ball. Although this sport has the same rules the players chose how they want to play the game, and that’s how it should be for every sport.
ReplyDeleteI very much liked your article because yes, there are differences in some sports. Although as Alyssa said, it depends on what sport pretty much. In certain cases though, I feel that there should be a difference. This is because 1. with running men are faster 2. with lacrosse, i dont know if all women want to be beaten to a pulp 3. when it comes to most sports, women get defensive easily because they are more emotionally tied to the sport than a man. Women are usually more competitive with their teammates than men are with theirs, so i think these rules keep some attitudes in check. I feel that for your blog it was almost a little too short, like i was just getting into it but i needed more to read to convince me that your topic was so interesting and different. Maybe you can go into detail as to why you feel this way, are you more about women power or is there and underlying reason as to why you chose this topic?
ReplyDeleteI liked your article and it poses some good points. I agree with Alyssa in that men's and women's sports should have the same rules. I don't agree with Jessica's points because I feel that this is going against everything that the women's rights movement stands for. This will probably cause me some grief but I think that it needs to be said. Many women want to be treated as euquals, yet they do not want to "play by the same rules." Often time there are special accomodations made for women. This may be ok in some areas where men have an unequal advantage when men and women are on "the same playing field." However, in sports, I think that if women want to be treated as equals, they should play the same way. I am not saying that they have to compete against the men, but it sounds a bit hypocritical when women have a different set of rules which may "soften up" the game for them in sports. If women don't want to be checked, don't play lacrosse. Find another sport. Maybe, if there are enough people who want to play non=contact lacrosse, they could make a non-contact league, but at the professional, collegiate and even high school levels, men and women should have the same (equal) rules.
ReplyDeleteThere's definitely a double standard in sports between men and women. I think that it is noticably smaller now than when I went to school. We had girls who played football but they were few and far between. Women were looked upon then to play the total non-contact sports like tennis, soccer, and field hockey. Girls basketball was just starting to take off. now though I don't believe you can argue about men being "tougher" physically than women. Look at the tremendous athlete being fielded in all women sports. I agree that they should have the same lacrosse rules unless someone more people in the sport itself demands a more non-contact version.
ReplyDeleteAs keith said there is a double standard and it is very sad to say this. It is tough being a woman because of this double standard but in order to push past it and change what people think we have to prove to them we are just as good. Granted, it is hard to do so because of the discrimination, but like Rosa Parks, you have to fight in a peaceful manner for what you want, you cant just sit back and take it.
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