F06 :: Feminist Film Studies

For my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. An article that I have read discuss how male athletes have there pictures taken differently to present a more dominate person, where the camera angle is shooting up at the male making him look more powerful, and also the posses they have the male do are more masculine. When they take the female athletes photo she is put in a sexy outfit and posse and the camera angle would be looking down on the female like she is weak or she doesn’t measure up to the male. If you look at any ESPN magazine you will still this.

For my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. I strongly agree with you and the facts that you have stated that show that mostly male sports are shown. At the same time i partially agree with your idea that the creators and producers of the sports news programs believe that they have an all or mostly male audience, and are afraid to upset or lose their male viewers by showing too much coverage of women's sports. They are also concerened with the fact that they may lose viewers to the fact that most mens sports have faster action then alot of womens sports. Dont get me wrong, I do believe that they need to show more womens sports especially to help it become more popular but at the same time why not create a new espn channel that is mostly devoted to womens sports. If they did that they would be able to figure out how many men would watch that was well as how many women would watch that.

In my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. I agree that women in sports should get more air time on the major sports networks such as ESPN and in the media. This problem causes many viewers to not be able to identify with female athletes and often times the average sports viewer has no idea who a popular woman athlete is in their respective sport. This is opposite of male sports where there are icons such as Tiger Woods, Lebron James, and Brett Favre. ESPN and the media could help build this up and make woman athletes icons. Women's sports does have some superstars like Venus and Serena Williams but nowhere near men's sports and until there are a legitimate number of superstars it will be hard to get more followers. A major issue though is many sports fans are set in their ways and do not want change but I think if the focus is on the youth of America, change would be seen for the better in the next generation.

In my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. I strongly agree with the fact that women are not portrayed in the media as much as men are. You can easily see that when paging through a sports magazine, or watching it on tv. I find it interesting that the women actually featured were in the "Columns and Features" section at the bottom of the page. Why do women have to be a special or something featured out of the ordinary? When women are shown, there are shown as sexual objects, when the real point of it should be them being athletes. Also, when it comes to being a sports fan, I follow both men's and women's sports, and I'm sure there are men out there who follow both too. I think there would be nothing to lose if women were featured more.

In our Social Aspects of Sports class we are discussing women and sports. I think that the media should focus a little bit more on women and their sports and not as much as they do on men. Men are everywhere in the media. They should make it happen on womens behalf so they can experince sports like men do. I find it interesting that when a women sports athlete is in a magazine they are not in their sports wear but more of a Sexual look and more revaling clothes. Why are then men always dressed up in the uniform? Maybe it is because it draws the men more twords the women that way. By women not being dressed in their uniform and men are it makes the women seem not as professional. SO maybe we should look into things like this more and also get women more involved in the media.

In my Social Aspects of Sports class we are discussing women and sports. I believe that the media does focus a lot on men rather than women. I do understand it for the reason that male sports are more popular and more people watch them than female sports. But, if people want women sports to become more popular then, the media should focus on them more so people will start to recognize women sports just like male sports. ESPN and the media focus mainly on men. Sometimes they talk about women, but it's mainly the men they focus the attention on. I believe that the media should start focusing on women just as much as men because if the women are trying just as hard as men they should get some recognition. Men aren't superior to women and by the media only focusing on men it looks as if the media is saying that.

I am reading about women in sports is my Social Aspect of Sports class and this article is dead on. I often hear people say that its hard to follow womens sports because I dont know any of the players. this is because there is almost no coverage of womens sports. I beleive that if ESPN and other sports networks would slowly start covering womens sports that eventually people would start learning about players and teams and begin to care more about how they do. This is just another example of how media contols society.

Currently in my social aspect of sports class. I complete agree with the original poster on this topic. One of the largest obstacles women sports face is lack of media attention. Without media attention, there is no exposure to womens sports and thus potential viewers and enthusiats are denied the oppurtunity of discovering the sport. It's akin to a snowball rolling down a dry hill. The lack of airtime also leads to a lack of sponsorship for female athletes. The lack of indivual exposore for female athletes also prevents new fans from coming to the sport.

In our social aspectsof sports class we are talking about women in spoorts. I agree with what you are saying because alot of the coverage is on male sports. I watch sportcenter all the time and you wiill barely see any thing about female athletes

In our social aspectsof sports class we are talking about women in spoorts. I agree with what you are saying because alot of the coverage is on male sports. I watch sportcenter all the time and you wiill barely see any thing about female athletes

I am also in the social aspects of sports class. Recently we were talking about women in sports and how they are becoming more popular at getting recognized for what they do.I believe if you were to look at statistics today, women would now be in a close second behind men in sports reviews. Now women are more respected for what they do and should be equally judged compared to men.

For my social aspects of sport class, we are discussing women in sport. I do agree with what you say in the article about media being reluctant to show women's sports because they will lose the male fan base. I think now though that it isn't a big deal for men to watch womens sports. today women are more competetivve than ever, and thats what everyone wants to see, not just men. It's time for women to get their spotlight.

I am also one of the people in the Social Aspects of Sports class. As we have all learned, it is obvious that men are still the most talked about athletes despite the fact that women are athletes now too. Personally it pisses me off that female athletes do not get the attention they deserve. Does the women's Olympic basketball team have to win another gold medal before sportswriters and magazines start realizing that women can be good at sports too? What do women have to do so they can get a little recognition too? Why are they only looked at as sex symbols? If I am a fan (which everyone knows I am) then I would rather have an unattractive woman with a crapload of skill on my favorite team rather than some big breasted blonde that worries too much about messing up her hair or getting dirt in her nails.

In my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. I think that women do not get shown enough in all aspects of the media. Anytime I watch ESPN I will maybe see 2-3 games of womens sports. Without the airtime of owmens sports they dont get the exposure to the fans, and general population really. The more they show the womens sports the more people will realize how talented some of the players really are, and that might inspire the next star womens athlete to start learning a sport.

In my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. I agree that women in sports should get just as much media coverage as men. The newspaper are controlled by male athletes. You never see professional beach volleyball in the media, this is one sport that has female athletes. The media many times still considered the female as the weaker sex. When you attend high school and college sporting events, the audience is much smaller when females are playing. Women have greater opportunies in individual professional sports but, these sports have great travel expenses and not much coverage. You never see a female coach or trainer in either professional basketball or baseball. These sports are totally dominated by males. Is that why the media covers the male athletes?

In my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. I think women's sports should maybe get more media coverage but not equal to men. Men sports have a much longer history and a lot larger fan base than women sports do. Everybody talks about how women deserve more air time and how they deserve more recognition. I agree they deserve more recognition but if you ask any sports fan what they would watch between a NCAA Mens basketball game or a womens NCAA basketball game, I bet at least 95% would watch the mens game. Is that really because media gives men more attention or is it because the mens game is more exciting to watch. People thrive for excitment because it makes them feel alive. Most people would rather watch LaBron James do a 360 dunk on a fast break than watch 7 foot Lisa Leslie barley get the ball over the rim on her dunk. Personally I have watched WNBA games, Womens golf, and womens NCAA basketball games, and although I recognize their talent level is great, its still doesn't mean it's entertaining to watch. Compare sports to any television series. Should unentertaining reality shows receive the same air time as really good ones because it would unfair to give one more than the other? Media covers men sports more than womens because more people want to see men sports. If more people want to see more women sports being covered then watch more women sports. Buy the packages for women sports, watch womens golf on CBS, or watch womens tennis on ESPN. Media is going to follow what is popular to the public, not decide.

In my social aspects of sports class we are discussing women in sports. I agree that women don't really get as much air time as men do in sports. I'm not really sure how many women watch ESPN or sports channels like that. Maybe if it involved more womens sports there would be more interest there. But as of right now the target audience for sports channels are men so they will show more mens sports.

I am also a member of this Social Aspects class where we have been discussing this topic of women in sports. Personally I have played in sports for the majority of my life and ya they were little high school and college matches/games but they were not as highly attended as the guys games were. No matter what team or sport we were playing. ESPN is targeted towards men but maybe we would have more female athletes if as we are growing up so that we would have someone to look up that isn`t always about sex or body image. just because the stereotype is that woman can`t play sports, some girls have more heart and game then some men do.

Currently in my social aspect of sports class we are discussing women in sport. I completey agree with the original posters thoughts. One of the largest obstacles women sports face is lack of media attention. Without media attention, there is no exposure to womens sports and thus potential viewers and enthusiats are denied the oppurtunity of discovering the sport. It's akin to a snowball rolling down a dry hill. The lack of airtime also leads to a lack of sponsorship for female athletes. The lack of indivual exposore for female athletes also prevents new fans from coming to the sport.

In my social aspects of sports class, we have been discussing wwomen in sports and what differences there are to men in sports. I also agree that womens sports is not showcased as much as mens. I also believe that shows like sportscenter are obviously putting men up and above women in sports. It also seems as every single anchor on these shows is a male. Clearly this pattern is still far from changing.

In my social aspects of sports class, we have been discussing wwomen in sports and what differences there are to men in sports. I also agree that womens sports is not showcased as much as mens. I also believe that shows like sportscenter are obviously putting men up and above women in sports. It also seems as every single anchor on these shows is male. Clearly this pattern is still far from changing.

I am taking a Social Aspects of Sport class this semester. In this class we are discussing women in sports. I do agree that women are portrayed in magazines and pictures and posters differently than men. Women are put in sexy outfits and it's all about sex appeal. But men are portrayed as the dominant figures, and it's all about showing of their muscles. I also agree that women sports are getting decreasingly less air time. It is basically impossible to catch a WNBA game, and women in the WNBA get paid way less than men do. No matter what women's events go on there will always be higher attendance at men's.

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