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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 socialization of boys and girls with regards
p r o b l e m ?
to sports differs in many ways; they’re often
funnelled into 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 stats, only 25 percent
discrimination, which shouldn’t be part of
of women participate in sport compared to 43
modern society. There is a consensus that percent of men.
much remains to be done. 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, despite having
the lack of support and opportunities
skillfull players in the category, such as the
presented to female athletes.
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
recognized as the best female soccer player in
f a s t e r h e c o u l d t o o . "
the world last year when she became the first
- MIA HAMM
person to win the women’s Ballon d'Or.
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