Gender Equality in Sports

Although there has been much opposition against gender equality in sports, there has been a huge increase in the participation of females in sports within the last 30 years. Women were not expected to play sports since it went against the female gender role. Therefore, women did not have the opportunity to play a sport even if they wanted to since all sport teams were male. The global women’s movement started to change the classical gender role of women and opened up more opportunities for them in the process. The changes in the female gender role gave women more time and the opportunity to engage in physical activity and play sports. (more…)