Last month in the world of women’s college soccer there were a couple of incidences that involved New Mexico’s defensive player Elizabeth Lambert and the BYU soccer squad. Some of the incidences that involved Elizabeth were punching a BYU player in the back, heavily jostling a BYU player for the ball, slapping her opponent in the face while both jumped to head the ball, and Elizabeth pulling one BYU player by her hair. Her display in the game against BYU has caused controversy, such as her actions were inappropriate, which led her to be suspended.
After reading a couple articles and highlights on Elizabeth Lambert, I realized there were no other articles or highlights on women’s college soccer in general. In women’s college soccer there are other games occurring, and highlights that display great abilities of female athletes. One person on YouTube who goes by the name msb314 made an interesting comment about the story, “you know it's funny how guys do stupid things like this all the time during games and don’t go into the papers or all over the news, but when two little college girls play ‘rough’ its a big controversy.” It seems in order for female athletes to get any kind of media attention is to draw controversy, particularly inappropriate behavior.
At the end of the Elizabeth Lambert stories most of the reader’s comments were sexually discriminating towards Elizabeth which I believe were inappropriate. Most of the reader’s believed Elizabeth’s actions were “disgusting”, “rude”, or “to lay off the roids a little.” The reader’s comments shows how society stereotypes females to be feminine, and do not display acts of aggression or manly manner’s. As discussed in class society’s perspective on the social norms of females being feminine or non-aggressive must change as we live in an era were more women are participating in competitive sports which display assertiveness, and non-feminine acts of behavior. There is nothing appalling about Elizabeth Lambert’s actions or the big controversy, society needs to accept women as athletes and competitive players giving maximal effort while playing.
David Torres
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Recently, there has been some talk of taking Elizabeth Lambert out of the game of soccer permanently. Meaning, which she will not get to finish playing at UNM or even, may never play again. I remember reading a interview of her where she said that if it was a men’s soccer game it would be ok, and yet because she is a girl that she shouldn’t act like that. I fully agree with Elizabeth Lambert statement, we most of the time see this kind of fouls being made in men’s sports events yet some would say its expected. Yet when it’s a female it’s wrong? Are high levels of competitiveness just a quality of men’s sports? NO. I agree that she did commit a few fouls that were out of line, but the BYU team also made some bad fouls. None the less, that’s what happens when people get highly competitive in men and women’s sports. Competitiveness, I think is a great human quality and some times in sports it pushes us to fare, which can happen to the best of athletes.
Ahmad Masood Farhar
women in sports 338i Tu-Thur 930
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