So far I’ve noticed how far we’ve come in the progression of women in sports. Back when Gilman and her friends merely had this idea of breaking away from the common notion of how woman weren’t suppose to be athletic or fit at all really. Now it’s regular to hear about women in sports in today’s society. It’s really interesting learning how this came about and some of the setbacks woman had to go through to get to where they are today. What greatly interests me is how society has changed in viewing women now as stronger and a more capable gender. How men use to dismiss any suggestion of women competing like when watching Dare to Compete and the co-director of the marathon tried to rip off the numbers of the lady he had no idea had entered. Also how different cultures allowed women in sports like in the reading about Japanese women in softball. It was good to see that women were getting the support they needed to compete from their community and how it was celebrated. I'm interested in learning how from the 1950's and up how woman have rightfully risen to where they are now.
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I totally agree with you. I find it very interesting also how far woemn have come in sports today compaired to the 1920's. It was interesting that women used to have to "look like a women" and could not sweat while working out (which is complety unrealistic).
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