Women and the Media

I went onto the Yahoo! Sports unsurprisingly, found nothing on the page about women athletes. I didn’t even see a female until I scrolled down and saw the headline, “Video Spotlight.” The top news was just about male athletes. Do women not play sports? Why wouldn’t Yahoo! Include women athletes? I thought people in society were progressing. How can people be informed about women sports if there are few women athletes spoken about in the media? Not publicizing women athletics makes it difficult for society to learn about women in sports. Women play such a vital role in sports in today’s society and are increasingly seen in college and professional teams. For young girls of today, women athletes can be positive role models. Because the media shuts the women athletes out of the spotlight, it makes it difficult for girls to have athletes as role models and easier for singers and actresses as role models. As America has recently seen, Brtiney Spears or Lindsay Lohen are not role models that young girls should have but because they are constantly in the spotlight, they are easily accessible. If Mia Hamm or Lisa Leslie or publicized in the media more often, young girls would have a higher self-esteem and a better sense of a positive body image.

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