pink

The other day I went into a Target and wondered into the toy section. To my surprise there was an entire isle of children’s athletics supplies. They had all kinds of sports, from soccer to baseball, and even some athletic activities that are not usually seen much in the US. At first I thought this was great. Finally a store was encouraging children to play out side and not just plug into the closest TV. But as I stood there a second longer I noticed that all the equipment was either blue/black, or bright pink. I went back and forth in my head over this fact. My first thought was, how stereotypical. Than I thought, well if little girls like pink, then they might be more likely to play with the equipment. Then it hit me, play, the idea that female athletics are still fighting against every day. Girls play with pink Barbie’s, and they play with pink make-up. If we turn sports into just play at such a young age, how are these young, impressionable girls to take it? We can sit around all we want and say that women’s sport needs to be taken more seriously, in class. But nothing is going to be change until we give young girls he correct encouragement about their sport.


Jessica Richards
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