Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Eureka Moment Week # 2
The other day I was watching TV in my living room and I definitely had a Eureka Moment. I was watching Sister Sister re-runs on ABC Family. This particular episode really stood out. The episode was about how girls aren't allowed to play certain sports in high school. The two main characters (Tia and Tamara) really loved to ice skate and play hockey. The boys on the school hockey team laughed at them when they said they wanted to try out because they are girls. The boys of the team made remarks such as "you're a girl, this is a mans sport", or "you're going to cry when you break your nail", or finally "you're not tough enough to play because you're a girl". After hearing this, Tia and Tamara dressed as guys and went to the hockey team try outs and really showed the guys who made those comments how good they were. When they took off their hockey masks and when the guys saw the girls they were in complete shock. This is a really good example of gender in sports. I hate the fact that some guys feel that girls aren't strong enough to play on the same team as them. I've played sports my whole life and I'm very competitive. I've played against guys and I've beaten them. I don't think that gender should matter in sports because it doesn't matter if you're male or female, it matters how much passion and love you have for the game.
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I love that show! When is it on?
ReplyDeleteThis is a great example of the different sexes in sports and how females are rarely taken seriously. I like how the girls proved the boys room- and that is good because it is a show directed toward younger people and sets a good model for future teens. There are a lot of examples of this in television and movies- however- I don't think sports have become as integrated in real life.
I think that this is a very good example of how gender differences are in sports, BUT I think that when this show was put on it was more prone to these kinds of circumstances. From my experiences I think that women are not as excluded now a days ad they were back then with the sports that tend to be all males. I think that the reason women were being excluded from all male sports sometimes because there bodies are not built like a mans body. I think that it was more of a protection for the women. Yes, I know plenty of women who can do just fine in rough sports, but really some don’t understand how rough men can get and how much damage they can do. I know plenty of guys also that think women can’t do sports that tend to be a males sport, but that’s just societies way so everyone follows it. I do think we are way further then we were when that show was on. Definitely more women are let into playing with the guys. Plus some girls seem to just want to prove guys wrong, but really your right if you have the passion and love for something you should do it other then that don’t!
ReplyDeleteInteresting how sneaky some of these gender messages are!
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