Blog 3 , Men vs Women

Today the woman's college soccer team that I am on had a meeting today to talk about some of the elements and different idea's we and other people (like our peers) around us have about being an athlete. This conversation evolved into a different conversation about the difference between men and woman in sport, then from the that just the difference between men and woman in general. It really got me thinking about how much our world has changed in the fact that woman are so much more powerful and respected now a days compared to ____ when woman were treated terribly and weren't thought of anything to a lot of people.
I don't know a whole lot on how much we as woman have been treated differently over the past years so I thought that I would do some research to find out more about woman's rights and history. From what I do know though, I think that we have come a long way ALTHOUGH I really do think that some of the idea's of woman are still not represented correctly and it is still very unfair in a lot of ways. For an example; most men's sports team's have a later starting event than the woman's. Which if you just saw that on the schedule you wouldn't think would be a big deal... when you look closer into it though I think that it should rotate, men games start first, then woman's. The reason I think that that is unfair is because the men's games are later on in the evening and everyone will come and watch them compared to a woman's game which is a five instead of seven and at five everyone is still eating there supper. Men 99% of the time have a larger fan base than the woman and I think that it isn't because of the gender, but because of a time slot for them. How do woman expect to be recognized as good strong competitors when they don't have the support in the first place to prove themselves? I guess though if the woman's soccer team went and supported there argument to a board of people then it would be a big deal because really the men were just being polite and just doing what is right by them, "ladies first". There are both extreme's I suppose!
Here is just some food for thought to process though; these are just some facts I found on a website called http://she-power.com/2008/02/25-fast-facts-about-women/
- In 76 countries, less than half of the eligilbe girls are enrolled in secondary school, but the highest standard IQ's ever recorded were from woman.
- Woman only own 1% of the world land
- Only 5% of featured Hollywood film are directed by women
- According to The World Health Org., 40% of woman 17 years of age or under in South Africa are reported to being a victim of rape or attempted rape.
So while as a society in whole we have improved our way's of woman's rights there is still very much room for improvement!