Gender Inequality in Professional Sports

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One of most controversial topics that sports face is gender inequality. There is not only inequality in opportunity but also with pay. It occurs mostly in professional sports, where in almost all cases, men earn more money than women.

Gender inequality on professional sports have been persistent and long-standing problem. For decades, female soccer players have been subjected to inferior treatment as compared to male players, including low pay and limited public support and interest.

Gender Inequality

It is social phenomenon in which people are not treated equally on the basis of gender. This can be caused by sexism also known as gender discrimination. The solution may arise from distinctions regarding biology, psychology, or cultural forms prevalent in society. Gender inequality weakens women and girls in various areas such as health, business life and education. This inequality is experienced differently across different cultures and affects many people.

Male athletes in golf, soccer, basketball and tennis make 15 to 100% more than female athletes. There are many reasons of this inequality. The most popular argument about inequality is that women’s sports don’t nearly bring in revenue that men’s sports do.

In catching up with professional boxer, Sarah Thomas, she was able to explain some concepts that may lead to unfair pay gap in sports. She was asked to describe her opinion on gender pay gap. She replied, “one of bigger arguments I have heard regarding women in sports making less money is that fewer people watch women’s sport, so women are paid proportionately on demand. She was also asked about where in sports she ahs seen progress. She said, mixed martial art is a combat sport that has successfully closed pay gap. I believed boxing organization should take notes from UFC. Many main events are female fighters and some of sport’s biggest star are women and girls.

SEX DIFFERENCES

Biology

Natural differences exit between sexes, based on biology and anatomic factors. These biological differences include hormonal and chromosomal differences. There is natural difference in relative physical strengths of both sexes. Men, on average, are taller while women, on average, live significantly longer than men. Men have large lung volumes and more circulating blood cells (RBCs) and various clotting factors such as platelets, thrombin protein and fibrinogen, while women have strong defense system having more white blood cells (WBCs) and produce antibodies faster.

Psychology

Parental hormone exposure influences the extent to which person exhibits masculine or feminine traits. Women are less likely to take risks than men. Men are more likely than women to be aggressive under the effect of androgen hormone. From birth, male and female are socialized differently and experienced different environment and people throughout their lives. Due to social influence, gender often impacts many characteristics in life; such as personality. Throughout life, men and women are seen different species who have their own and different personalities and should stay on different paths.

Conclusion

The conclusion emphasizes the importance of access to equal and safe playing field, free from any discrimination or violence and any kind of inequality.