Stern vs. Spurs

Two weeks ago, as San Antonio Spurs were about to play The Miami Heat in Miami, Spur's coach, Popovich, decided to send his key main players (Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili) back to San Antonio. Popovich's intentions of keeping the squad in healthy conditions after playing five away games in seven nights, lead to Stern's decision of fining the Spurs franchise with $250K, for "showing disrespect to the NBA and its fans." To the surprise of many NBA followers, Spurs only lost the game by five points which ridiculed Stern and top-officials who were involved in such decision. Critics focused on Stern's historical trouble in marketing the Spurs, despite the four championships they've won in ten years, and explained that he had found another reason to stand against them. Instead of celebrating Spurs' exciting exhibition of basketball, his mainly concern was to darken an institution's reputation that does not favor the NBA structure. His clear posture of maintaining an equilibrium and the status quo in the sport, will find no evolution in the sake of the sport until those with power in charge of re-enforcing and designing the structure of the NBA, forget about their economic investments.

Santiago Guiter.
KIN332I.

Title IX

It's amusing to me that even lawmakers are still continuing to question the application of Title IX. This past Monday, May 14th, a California lawmaker, Assemblyman Chris Norby, took an opportunity to state his opinions about Title IX in front of one of the biggest supporters of Title IX and all it has done and stood for, for women in sports, Brandy Chastain. According to MercuryNews.com Norby stated, "We need to be honest about the effects of what I believe are faulty court interpretations or federal enforcement of Title IX, because it has led to the abolition of many male sports across the board . . . It was never the intention to attain equality by reducing opportunities for the men." It blows my mind that despite research and reports by numerous educated individuals, people continue to believe that Title IX is misused and should not be in effect. Brandy Chastain of course was not happy to hear what Norby had to say, but could not interject because it wasn't a public hearing. There were, however, numerous other assemblypersons who spoke out in support of Title IX, and for this, I'm sure not only Brandy Chastain is thankful, but many other female athletes benefitting this minute from Title IX.

-Sarah Garcia

Women in sports have long faced stereotypes simply for their participation in sport. Female athletes are plagued by stereotypes created by the patriarchy that is the male dominated sports media. Huge media corporations and mainstream sports media outlets portray female athletes as anything but athletes. Most female athletes are portrayed as sex objects, lesser then males, submissive, and ultra feminized. In a way, the representation of female athletes in that way assures men’s position in the male dominated sport world. By portraying women as submissive and sexualizing them in photo shoot the mainstream media consequently conditions millions of viewers to develop a misconception of what female athletes are “all” like. Even big sport companies, such as Nike, part take in the type casting of female athletes. In a commercial by Nike linked below, Nike tries to portray women as strong athletes. What the commercial also does is show snippets of women’s body parts, like focusing the camera on the women’s butt and legs. What that does is objects the women down to body parts and dehumanizes them. A women in the commercial also says she wants to be “hot”. Media images and messages like that are troublesome because they portray female athletes inaccurately.

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Edgar D

Kin 338i sect 2

Sex Truly Sells

In the 21^st century women’s sports has developed into quite an empire, but it is usually carried around by the “sexiest” female athletes. Take mma (mixed martial arts), a sport that was coined by men, is making its way towards women. But what would sell for a great men’s fight is just two brutes beating the hell out of each other; but what would sell for a women’s match would be two sexy women grappling and pulling each others hair. Some women have an unfair advantage in being unattractive, losing endorsements because they are not the image the company wants to portray. Being talented will get your foot in the door, but all in all, it’s the looks of the female athlete that make her famous and well known. These are the women who will make the pay per view advertisements, sell the tickets, and cash in the big checks. It doesn’t matter what sport, sex appeal sells. 

Amanda Kemblowski 

Kin 338 Sec 02

Women and Body Image

One of the subjects we talked about in class this semester was about women and their body image.  We have learned so much in class that relates to women and how their body image is affected. The media  plays the biggest role in why women are so worried about their body image.  This video sums it up perfectly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Ajvix6DXs&feature=related

Everyday girls, teenage girls, and women are exposed to magazines, advertisements, commercials, and etc. that show women who are skinny, with long hair, and pretty faces.  This greatly effects women, and I know has affected me!  It makes me question, who deemed these women as "beautiful"?  Why is it that in our society, skinny is the dominant trait for a women?  Not only has media affected my views on how I should look, but I know it has affected many of my friends views.  I've known people who have become bulimic and anorexic because they don't look like these women on the covers of magazines- it truly is sad!    Although I do believe that being healthy is extremely important, I don't think the women should strive to look like these models/actresses/sport athletes that we constantly see.  Women forget that these people probably have trainers, plastic surgery, private chefs, and etc. to help get them that way.  They're photo shoots are also photo shopped to make them look better.  As spoken in class, this is what causes our society to have "fat phobia".  We are scared to not be "fat" because media tells our society we should not be that way.  As I said before, healthy is what we should all strive for, not a certain look.  I have noticed that being fit is becoming the new in thing, rather than being extremely skinny-which I think is not necessarily the best, but better.  Women should be happy the way that they are and not let media cause them unhappiness.  If a woman is truly unhappy with her body, she should do something about it because she wants it for herself, not because society tells her too!

Alyssa Salindong
Kin 338I

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7920704

I’m assuming that Our Lady of Sorrow is a catholic school and due to its religious beliefs forfeited their team’s baseball champion Their belief that girls should not be placed on the same field as boys to avoid “the difficulty of maintaining proper boundaries” is a ridiculous reason. Like the article comments, I think Our Lady of Sorrow needs to catch up to modern times. What kind of message and prejudice are they teaching to their students? I am imaging the students going home and telling their parents that the school made them forfeit the CHAMPIONSHIP simply because the other team had a female on their roster. I bet that if it was up to the players they would want to play and compete for a championship and the fact that there was a female on the other team would not matter in the slightest. On the reverse side, I am really glad Meza Prep is not focusing on Our Lady of Sorrow's decision but rather celebrating their championship. I think it was very a very stand-up thing for the head coach to say “ I don’t necessary agree with their view but I accept their decision and am happy to celebrate the victory.” Because really what could the coach from Meza Prep do about this but to accept Our Lady of Sorrow’s religious views, move to a different league and try to defend their championship.

            Its my belief that religion and politics should be left completely out of sports, especially with sports involving children. The point of sports is to have fun, learn to work as a team and grow as a person together. Creating biases of which sex should be allowed to compete in which sport is a horrible view to cultivate, especially to middle school students.

Also, what kind of name is Our Lady of Sorrow? Kind of dark no? Not the point of the article but it came to mind. 

-Sean Boyd 

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Closing Statements 

To my fellow 338ers this class has most certainly been one that was different from the rest. From the first day icebreaker where we walked in reverse circles to the panel debates where Damien chewed out the opponent. I thought i was pretty open minded before this class but i really do believe that this class has shed more insight into my life. I never knew how heterosexist we all  are or how saturated our society is in inflated claims of beauty, or the fact that america the land of the free is still oppressing women and homosexuals through out its free land... I honestly though that i would be doing a research paper on the Williams sisters but wow I was mistaken through it all I would like to close this semester by saying it has been an honor to learn with you all well some of you... no I kid, this class was one that I will remember. thank you Coach K and Kiola as well as all of my fellow equalist 338ers. 

David Rehm

Kin 338i section 02

Last week Sports Illustrated brought out on one of its covers TITLE IX 40 years of change. The entire front cover is all white with black san serif print quoted in a red large quote symbol"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education receiving Federal financial assistance...." June 23, 1972. When I was looking over the magazine the issue presents 50 pages of men in sports, men advertisements, and photographs and only 20 pages about how Title IX was put into effect over the years. Now my question or my curiosity came into place on the date JUNE 23, 1972. Title IX was in place before Rene Portland became head coach at Penn State. If the last incident occurred in 2007 with Jennifer Harris, why was Rene Portland allowed to be sued by the school $10,000. Knowing about Title IX, being aware that she was a leader that many looked up, why wasn't she punished severely for the fact that TItle IX is not a new policy? Why was she not held accountable for her actions in a more severely manner? When I look at the magazine, it feels like its just print that has to be placed in school like instructions on how to use APA format. The magazine should have been all about the beginning before Title IX, the struggles, and the outcomes. Yes, it is true how Title IX speaks out, but does not speak about how the media should portray women in sports.                                                                         Geannie Tomas KIN 388

Women Cross Country Runner DQ for wearing Short Shorts

When I read an article, "Team Disqualified for Short Shorts" from a Associate Press, I was shocked and depressed when a cross country girls' team from Florida High School was disqualified after placing third for 2 mile race at State meet.  I do not think this was ethical when these runners were disqualified due to their shorts.  It is better for runners to wear short shorts to have better performance.  This incident was an issue for the referee since they are not familiar with girls' athlete wearing short shorts and the referee do not want female athletes to show their fit and strong bodies since it might attract more attention.  Even though the team has been wearing this uniform throughout the whole season, but somehow they brought this issue at the end of the season and decided to destroy many runners’ goals.  This issue can tied to our class lectures when we talked about females are usually view as feminine and males view as masculine.  Also females are known to look lean and petite, and males look stronger and athletic. I think both gender can wear any attire and look what they want to portray themselves instead of other people telling what they should do or look.  In all, any athletes should be themselves instead of hiding their personal and interests.

Cheyenne  Hayes

http://www.makeithappen.com/wis/readings/shortsfl.html

Shameless

            Saudi Women have bravely faced hardship in the sports life. In a country characterized by gender segregation, women have to confront in a daily basis, the cruel reality of patriarchal society dominance. Though there is pressure on authorities to give women the right to play sports by international organizations such Human Rights Watch and groups of liberal women in the territory, changes are not near to occur due to the great influence exerted by religious groups.

            The remarkable religious influence and extremist or extra conservative ideology, have contributed to deny Saudi women the right to play sports. Officials from religious Islamic groups have condemned women participation in sports, arguing that the excessive movement and jumping involved in football and basketball might cause girls to tear their hymens and lose their virginity.  It is sad to see that such authority figures are reluctant to contemplate a scientific or medical opinion to their argument. Furthermore, the same officials renewed in 2010 a religious edict banning women participation in sports, arguing that such activities will lead to following in the footsteps of evil.  The extremist beliefs of the religious groups have deprived women from their innate rights to participate in sports.  In Saudi Arabia, state schools are barred from teaching physical education.  Female athletes have never attended The Olympics or any international match.  Women are prohibited to attend sport events in stadiums since they are supposed to be reserved for men.   When the Jeddah United, a private women basketball team returned after playing the Jordanian national team in 2009, the newspaper published a picture of them with the headline “Shameless girls.” This type of retaliation is aimed to cause embarrassment for the participants and their families.

            As we learned in class, the patriarchal dominant group has controlled the participation of women in sports, in some countries in a more strict and manipulative way than others but at the end with the same purpose.  Years from now when changes have occurred in Saudi Arabia, authorities will realized that they were the ones who didn’t have shame on their games.

Axel D. Kin338

Women In Sports

         I will admit that before taking this class i had no idea what female athletes went through in the past and even in the present. I never really thought about how women were portrayed in the media, or how homophobia affected female athletes. It did not occur to me that even in this day and age there are still stereotypes about women in sports, and how they should look or act. There were a couple of topics that i found really interesting as we went through the semester. Like how women are portrayed in the media and how little female athletes are covered in today's press. As well as the homophobia that goes on, not only for females in sports, but in sports in general. I find it hard to believe that society today still looks at a person's gender, color and sexuality first instead of their abilities or their skills when it comes to sports. I grew up with the idea that no matter what, skill and dedication and the love of the game came first before anything else. That the only thing that mattered was the skill and heart of the athlete. I find it really sad that society today has forgotten that, and because of it we are still faced with the same problems that we had in the past. Although there are progress, there are still a lot of work to be done. I give props to those female athletes that defied the norm and showed the world that their skills, dedication and love of the sport is the only thing that matters!

Kat Talento
KIN 338I.s6

Women in the weight room

I spend a lot of time training athletes and myself in the weight room and it has always bugged me the dynamic that is seen. Women go straight to the cardio machines and starve themselves in attempt to reach some sort of "ideal" body they see in magazines. YUCK! The result is the perpetuation of the weakness that comes with extended bouts of cardio and a lack of heavy resistance training. STRONG IS SEXY! To me, there is nothing more attractive in a woman than confidence and breaking those gender norms. Having muscularity is not only "sexy" but it is empowering to women-- it shows a great level of discipline and sticks it to the patriarchal society. Another common error is that when women do enter the weight room, they fall into the trap of "toning". TONING IS ABSURD. Do not aim to make your muscles weak, strong muscles equal sexy muscles. Men spend entire lives attempting to "get big", by doing some heavy resistance training you will not bulk up, trust me. What you will do is condition your nervous system to fire at a level you had not known before. What you will do is hone your mind to a place where only in the most focused state can you meet your next personal record. You will defy the role that this society has placed on you and you will be strong-- you will be a woman!

D. Bennett Laurrell
005294339 Kin 338i section 02

Advertisements Displaying Discrimination

If there is one thing I learned of great value from this class, it's that I think women athletes deserve so much more credit and respect for their accomplishments in sport. Through their sport, they are displaying the need to end discrimination viewing men as the patriarchal hierarchy, while women are inferior and should stay within household chores. Although they are fighting to keep this discriminatory mindset away, I feel that advertisements are only still promoting it unfairly.
As a sports enthusiast, I frequently find myself on sporting websites and watching ESPN daily. While watching these shows and visiting these websites, I am beginning to notice that advertisements are only promoting the discrimination Title IX was intended to destroy. For example, I noticed on websites like Sports Illustrated, that advertisements for men included professional male athletes in their natural sporting element promoting some sort of a product. Other advertisements included alcoholic beverages.
On the other hand, although there were very few advertisements both through TV and internet devoted to women, the ones that were displayed the inferiority of women in sports.
For example, advertisements included home makeovers, deodorant, and running shoes colored pink.
These advertisements, though it may not necessarily be intentional, are supporting the idea that men are the ideal figure for the sporting world, while women athletes should remain feminine and clean natured.
It's not fair to women that they are seen through sporting news as petite and feminine, because they are just as equal to be seen as athletically- gifted individuals in sport. Title IX served as a way to gain equality in sports, however, advertisements are being produced depicting women as inferior to men and with less athleticism. I honestly feel that there is progress, although minimal, towards creating equality and awareness in the media for women in sports. However, I feel that in order to ensure that people gain the proper respect for women, advertisements shouldn't create a wall between men and women's sporting products or news. Women are playing a major role in the sporting industry today from superb college to exceptional professional athletes; these women deserve the right to be portrayed how they are athletically.
Children, especially girls, look up to these women and should have role- models that they truly believe are of amazing athleticism and talent.
Advertisements play a major role in the sporting industry; I only hope that we see positive progress towards what Title IX is all about.

Lesbians/Gays. Should they come out?

Being at the end of the semester, we went through many different topics about women in sports, from Title IX to how women are portrayed in the media. The one topic that we recently talked about in class, and too, caught my attention the most is about athletes who are lesbians/gays. The movie that we watched in class, Training Rules, made me frustrated and had me thinking more into this subject. Why? First off, being an athlete that has a passion for basketball and even coaching basketball right now, I know the feeling of not being able to play; however in my case, because of an injury. In Jennifer Harris’ case, as well as all the other athletes affected at PENN State, my feeling of not being able to play basketball doesn’t compare to their feeling of not being able to play; because of their sexual orientation. Here’s a quick question for you, if you were given a scholarship your senior year to attend a division I college because you were one of the superior athletes and then all of a sudden, being stripped of your scholarship not because you had bad grades or weren’t good enough, but because of their suspicion of your sexual orientation, wouldn’t you cry? Honestly, I know that I would cry. I have so much passion for the game that if something hurtful was shot at me like that, for a reason that is not affecting the team, I would break down in tears knowing that I can’t play basketball because of my sexual orientation. In our society, regardless of the past or present, we have this knowledge that relationships and marriages consist of a woman and a man being together, two heterosexual people being together. However, once we see two homosexuals together, whether it is a woman and a woman or a man and a man together, we become disgusted and discriminate them because it is out of the norm that we traditionally view. Truthfully, our society can’t accept the fact of seeing two homosexuals being together. But honestly, do you think that because of their sexual orientation, they shouldn’t be allowed to play the sport that they love, even if they are talented at it? In my opinion, I think that because it doesn’t affect the sport, they should be allowed to play. In regards to Harris and all the other athletes, I believe that they should’ve been still apart of the PENN State team and shouldn’t have gone through all that suffering that Coach Portland put them through. Cases like Harris’ spreads all over the world from all lesbians and gays to hear, and that’s the main reason why most of them are scared to come out. Recently, however, there are more of them who are coming out. But because of that fear of knowing that the minute they will come out, they will be judged, discriminated against, and made fun of, is the fear that they have that will keep them behind the closet. You can’t control the feelings of nature and how everyone feels towards people because everyone is different. True, most of us have feelings for the opposite sex, but for those who are comfortable around the same sex, should be able to like whoever they want and play the sport that they are talented in because that is an athlete that every school, institution and league wants. If these places ban these athletes from playing, then no one will ever know that they exist and can contribute so much to the world of sports.

-Chazmine Donado
KIN 338i Section 02

Women in the Media

From all the topics we covered in class the subjected that intrigued me the most was women in sports and their portrayal and coverage in the media. Women athletes continue to be under-represented in news coverage, and are often portrayed in stereotypical avenues; such as house wives, mother, or being “sexy”. Although there has been a steady increase in the number of women professionals over the past 20 years, most mainstream press coverage continues to rely on men athletics to get there sport coverage. Women in the news are more likely to be featured in stories about accidents, domestic violence, or showing their physical appearanceoff rather than in stories about their professional abilities or expertise. In the latter portion of the semester I got to read articles on women and their portrayal in the media. According to the articleGender in Televised Sports by Center for Feminist Research University of Southern California,  2009 1.6% of airtime was devoted to women’s sports, in contrast to the 96.3% devoted to male athletes.Media images of women in sports are very different from the media images of male athletes in action. It’s disappointing how women in sports are still being considered to be the under dogs in the game and are treated with the inequality’s of media coverage, sports endorsements and the proper recognitions that they deserve.

Stephanie Bruschini (KIN 388I S2)

Fitness Icons

So I stumbled upon an article posted by the WNBA's Twitter that was from Fitness Magazine.  They named the Top 20 Fitness Icons in this article so I decided to check it out.  One thing I was happy with is that 17 out of the 20 were women!  There were a few women who were questionable as to why they were on the list (i.e: Madonna, Gwen Stefani), but never the less it was amazing to see women and also minority women such as Lisa Leslie, the William's sisters, Billie Jean King, Gabrielle Reece, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mia Hamm, and Dara Torres on the list!  Also a good amount of them are athletes who play sports such as basketball, tennis, swim, track, and soccer.  The main thing that upset me about the list though, were the pictures they chose to use to highlight these women.  Of course they were sexualized in their poses, and only two were even in their uniform playing their given sport.  So again its a step forward for women in sports, yet still a step backwards because of how they chose to represent the women in this article.

Tiffany Brickey
KIN 338I W 4-6:45PM

LBSU Sand Volleyball Uniforms

Before this class I never would have taken notice that our sand volleyball team’s uniform includes bikini bottoms whereas the majority of our competition wears shorts. While I was at one match versus USC, I overheard a mother of one of the Trojan athletes criticize the 49er uniforms. She said the bikini bottoms were fine for the AVP tour because they attract revenue and are good for television, but USC’s “more collegiate-looking” outfit was more appropriate for the current event. As a woman, female volleyball player and a student of KIN338I, what she said confuses me to no end, because it asserts that college female athletes should be watched for their skill, but it is acceptable to sell the bodies of the very few female elite athletes who reach the pro level. This reminds me of the discussion in class about the differences in the representation of female athletes in collegiate media guides as opposed to the mainstream media. I can only hope that one day the latter will lend the majority (if not all) of its focus to the skill of female athletes.
-Therese Weed 

Unfair judgements

When I was writing my awareness assignment I came to the harsh realization of how much more privilege males have than their female counterparts. I was looking at the Reebok Reezone shoe commercials and after the class about fat phobia realized that these women are walking around in the shortest shorts and bikinis not for themselves but for the male gaze. After understanding that not all fat people are to be considered unhealthy I thought to myself why does this Reebok ad show only one specific type of lower body extremity (legs and butt). Women come in all shapes and sizes and the reebok ad shows only one specific body type. Men don’t have to live up to this one specific body type standard. For example an overweight successful man is most likely considered sexy. But on the other hand an overweight successful woman is most likely not considered attractive. The privilege of men being judged mostly on their accomplishments instead of their physical looks is a privilege that also needs to be extended to women. Women in sport get affected by this unequal privilege also in the fact that they can be horrible at their sport but if they fit society’s stereotypical view of beauty, they will get paid and receive endorsements that superior athletes should be getting. Basically women are usually being judged in their looks and men in most cases are being judged by their performances. When a female sniper who was the most successful from the Soviet Union came to America to tour the country with Eleanor Roosevelt a reporter asked her why she wore her uniform, it made her look fat.


Richard Bitting

Amanda Beard in the Public Eye

For my Awareness Assignment I focused on one Olympic Athlete that is consistently in the pubic eye. Amanda Beard is a beautiful, strong, and athletic person with much respect in the swimming industry. She is an Olympic medalist, a mother, wife, and inspiration athlete. Within her time in the public eye she has be on the cover of numerous magazine, done hundreds of interviews, and been on National television.

After doing some research I found out that not only is she a public figure, she done a good amount of advertising for different companies. For instance, she posed nude of the cover of Playboy because she has a past in modeling. Not only had she posed nude for one magazine she has posed nude for several. This type of public display allows fans and the public to criticize her motives as an athlete and feminine figure.

In class we have been speaking about the challenge of women being sexualized, trivialized, and marginalized in the media rather than being portrayed as strong, powerful, and athletic. It is interesting that Amanda Beard is all of the above, but not only is she as astonishing athlete she is drop dead gorgeous, has a perfect body, and the an immense amount of sex appeal. This is why she has had the ability to be displayed on the cover of magazines in such a sexual way. But when you look at a photo of Amanda Beard, you do not realize she is an Olympic swimmer, that she has won a multitude of medals for her athletic abilities. What you see is her breasts being exposed, her beautiful face glowing, and her feminine appearance. I can guarantee if she was on the cover of a magazine right now a large portion of the public would have no idea who she is.

The other day I opened an application on my IPhone, "US Weekly" and to my surprise there was an article written about Amanda Beard and her decision pose nude. She was interviewed about her nude photos in the public eye and she apologized for her offense to her fans. She mentioned how she wants the world to see her as a hardworking wife, mother, and athlete. Not just as a sex symbol. She believes that valuing her athletic career is important and spending more time relating herself to her athletic traits will only benefit her in the future.

I just thought it was a coincidence I decided to do my Awareness Assignment on Amanda Beard, and then about a week later she did an interview with Us Weekly Magazine to express her side on posing nude versus posing athletic. And to top it all off, all of this directly related to our class discussions.

Chelsie Kurz
Kin 338I
Wednesday 4-645

      Femaleathletes face pressures that most male athletes do not face when it comes toendorsements and promotional advertisements. Like many women in various careeroutlets, female athletes are plagued by the idea that “sex sells”. When youflip through most magazines, whether they target a male or female demographic,most of the images you find of female athletes portray them in a very hypersexualized manner. The images of female athletes portrayed by most media adssend out a troublesome message to the general public. When young girls seethese ads they get the wrong idea of what it is to be an athlete, specificallya female athlete. When female athletes become sexualized or objectified theylose their athletic identity, more importantly their humanity. It has beenpretty clear throughout time in the world of advertisement and media that sexsells. Because sex makes more money, many female athletes, whether successfulin their craft or not, have jumped onto the “sexy” bandwagon. Female athlete GabrielleReece, a successful American volleyball athlete, has found success and positiverecognition in the world of sports. For four consecutiveyears, Reece was the WBVL kills leader from 1993-1996, she was named theOffensive Player of the Year in 1994-95, and the League blocks leader in 1993. Reecealso competed domestically in the 1999-2000 Olympic Challenge Series, the1999-2000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. Gabrielle Reece has also found a way to tap into the mainstreamaudience and become a sort of a household name in comparison to othervolleyball players. She has strayed away from sports and has ventured intofashion. The pictures linked show Reece photographed with her husband. The firstpicture is of Reece from a professional photo shoot with her husband. It isclear that Gabrielle is hyper sexualized, her bathing suit is very revealingand her glare is one of seduction. The second link is a personal photo, onethat is not intended to promote or advertise the athlete and shows her in avery casual and happy manner. The difference is very vivid; although the twopictures show Gabrielle and her husband in swimming suits they both delivery avery distinct message. Although female athletes have reached great strides inthe sport world, they still succumb to the unique pressures constructed towardswomen from media.  

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Edgar D.
Kin338I Sec2