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Sex Discrimination in Sports 1/21/2009 2:47:09 AM
You've heard the saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." This statement holds true in the sports arena when it comes to the differences between male and female athletes.
In today's world female athletes are learning the hard way that even if they train harder than their male counterparts and out-perform them they will still not receive the same recognition or money that the guys make.
The women's lib era ensured that women can obtain the same jobs, perform the same sports, and have the same rights as men. Unfortunately, the movement fell short when it comes to pay and sponsorships in sports. Even in today's sporting realm women are not paid as much as men. This is especially true in youth sports.
Female youth athletes do not receive the same sponsorship packages as their male teammates. Not only that, when a male performs some fantastic, out-of-this world feat in their sport there are articles written about it for newspapers, the sport's web forums put them on a pedestal while a female can perform better than the male and not one word will be mentioned.
I am assuming that readers of this article might think that I have an ax to grind or something. I really am only writing because I have seen it with my own two eyes and it is this writer's opinion that the issue should be addressed.
An example of what I am talking about would be an event where girls and guys were competing, not against each other. There were female events and male events. These events were contested in Florida. The prizes for the events were cash for the first three finishers of each event plus an overall purse.
