Sexism in Sports: another form of masculine domination
There are 1.9 million fewer women than men who participate in sports at every level. http://www.alternet.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_image/public/story_images/comic.png?itok=DSyakAUc I grew up watching sports. Hockey, baseball, and even the occasional tennis match. It was hard for me to imagine that there was and always has been a difference in the culture of sports for men and women. It was easy for me to assume that it was normal to only see male dominated sports, to only watch commercials showcasing the latest up and coming superstar in the NBA, and it also seemed normal that there was a lack of females – unless, of course, they were wearing bikinis holding a giant #2 so to symbolize the beginning of the second round in a UFC fight. As you could imagine it was not much of a surprise that as one grows up, one begins to realize that the lack of female athletes, commentators, and over...