As we see that in everyday sports team whether it be at a university or and a youth athlete team, we always tend to see more men coaches than women. From personal experience, even female teams have male coaches, which I can see to some extent that it would be better to have a male coach because they are known to being aggressive and competitive as opposed to women because the exact opposite. But, when reading many articles, women coaches have increased at a certain level but when in competing for a certain positions. For example, when both men and women apply for the same coaching position for a men’s team, women are very hesitant to apply for this position even though they are even more qualified that some men may be. According to Diverse magazine, in 2008 there was a reported 42.8% women coaches, in my opinion I think that our society will not see women and men equal anytime soon, therefore leading the percentage of women coaches to lower.
-submitted by Daana Hatori
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do believe that when it comes to sports, men and women are not equal. I think that men athletes are treated way better than women athletes. Men get more perks out of being an athlete, while women have to continuously struggle with negative stereotypes. These stereotypes include, being considered lesbian, having masculine body types, or “she wants to be like the men who play that sports”, things like this. I think that men need to get over the fact that women can and will play the same sports as them. When it comes to coaching, I think that the number of women coaches should increase, but sadly, I don’t think that this is possible. It is a huge controversy that is not soon to be resolved. We just all need to accept the fact that women coaches can coach at the same level of men, and in some cases better.
-comment by Diamond Johnson
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