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P A G E Women vs Men

I S T H E R E R E A L L Y A

G E N D E R G A P I N S P O R T S ?

BY TOLUNA TEAM PORTUGAL
The sports are historically dominated by men.
W h a t i s t h e r o o t o f t h e
The socialisation of boys and girls with regards
p r o b l e m ?
to sports differs in many ways; they’re often
funnelled in different directions, and their They say if you want to fix a problem you must
different abilities are stated before biology
go to the root of the problem and in this case,
affects their body. This could be understood as
one could point out the lack of female players.
a result of stereotypes and of centuries of
According to worldwide statistics, only 25
discrimination, which shouldn’t be part of
percent of women participate in sport
modern society. There is still much to be done compared to 43 percent of men.
and the work is greater in modalities, such as

football. So If there are not enough females competing
in sport, how can we expect viewing figures,
H o w i s i t i n f o o t b a l l ?
players salary, and sponsorship fees to be on
par with males in sport. One can presume the
Women's teams suffer from a lack of viewing
lack of participation can be explained due to
figures, money and structure. This is despite
the lack of support and opportunities
having skillfull players in the category, such as
presented to female athletes.
the Brazilian Marta, elected six times the best
player in the world by FIFA and Ada
" M y c o a c h s a i d t h a t I r u n l i k e a
Hegerberg, a 23-year-old Norwegian, who was
g i r l a n d I s a i d i f h e r a n a l i t t l e
recognised as the best female football player
f a s t e r h e c o u l d t o o . "
in the world last year when she became the
- MIA HAMM
first person to win the women’s Ballon d'Or.
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