In the article, 2012 Olympic Boxing, it discussed how women's
boxing isn't considered appropriate or acceptable to women to compete in but it
should be actually viewed as a tremendously courageous and
physically draining sport. Women who do choose to participate should be
applauded and cheered on just the same as men are. One movie that was really
eye opening and based on a true story of a woman’s battle through training on
and off the ring was, “Million Dollar Baby.” Although the ending of this movie
is an extreme eye jerk-er and not how Maggie Fitzergald’s story
actual ends, it still accurately shows the endurance and love she devoted to
the sport. Throughout the movie you see the main character, Maggie, overcome
many obstacles and barriers of being a woman in the sport. Her hard work both
physically and mentally shows the audience that women are one hundred percent
capable of making it in the sport. Women posses the strength and heart to
compete just as well as any other man.
In the trailer the young girl, Maggie, goes
to a well known trainer in seek of his help. She claims that she is “tough” and
he responded with how you think a one-minded man would, “I don’t
train girls. Girly isn't tough.” This is just one instance of
the movie that acts a barrier for Maggie because of her gender. Throughout
the movie her mom then tells her to find a man and that people are talking
about what she’s spending her time doing. Once again gender is placed in the
movie, that boxing makes her a foreign species. She is seen as someone
different, which is considered unattractive. Throughout the movie Maggie goes
on to push her boundaries and do what she loves, which should be what competing
is about. Not your gender, the masculinity, or the femininity surrounding it.
The second example is the way women are portrayed and
viewed in sports. Whatever sport women are found participating become shaped
with their sexuality instead of their talent. Women throughout the media are
always shown as sexual object, the man’s ultimate desire. Especially if a woman
is fit and lean, she becomes that more attractive to the male’s eye. Her talent
and hard work is completely over looked because her butt, legs, and abs are
toned.
When looking up women in sports in the Google
Search engine, I couldn't believe my eyes as to the pictures
that popped up. The first six photos include the backside of two different
women, their face’s are unrecognizable and turned away. This truly wraps up how
women are viewed in any sort of sport.
Lindsey Vonn is one of the top downhill skiers in
the world after winning the gold medal in women’s downhill in the 2010 Olympics
but the pictures and articles found are all about her sexuality. Images of her
with skis in a tiny bikini and news articles about her and Tiger Woods
relationship, you have to dig to find how many Olympic Medals she’s won.
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