Labels

Sports create a sense of empowerment to most individuals that participate in them. The physical abilities that you must posses in order to be able to compete come from hard work and dedication. Nevertheless, barriers exist in the sports world as well as in society. For example, females who are bulky and aggressive we label them as dikes or lesbians. In addition, man who act feminine or participate in a sport labeled “feminine” such as dancing or cheer are refer to as “fags” or “queer”. Furthermore, society pushes label into athletes all the time, a perfect example of that would be the football player refer to as a “jock”. The word "jock" is hardly ever used to insult anyone it is mostly used to appraise someone for their athletic achievements. Nevertheless, our society depends on labels to define people for who they are. In sports labels serve the same purpose.In reality, labels themselves are not a bad thing however it is the way that they are use in the sports world and in society that creates a negative image for them.

Armando V
Kin 338I.S1