Should males be able to play on female's team? Should femals be able to play on male's teams?

Okay so lets answer the first part of the question. I do not believe males should be able to play on female teams. Why do I feel that way because men are stronger, bigger and faster than females. There could be the factor that comes into play that “oh he was not trying hard because he was playing against a bunch of females”. Or if a male were to be good at the sport, like field hockey and scored so many goals per game, who would care? No one, because it was against a bunch of girls. When would we know if a male was playing hard? If they did play hard then they would be looked at as “jerks” or needing to grow up. I know if I played on a female’s team or played against them I would go all out! If males want to play on a female team they should only be able to practice.

As for should females be able to play on male teams? Absolutely not. Lets face it females will get hurt and if they do the males will be considers as “jerks” and “***holes”. There are sports for females and males for a reason. There is a reason why females play against females and why males play against males. Does playing against males make females tougher?… Sure ask BGSU Women’s Basketball Coach Curt Miller. There is a male practice squad that plays against the women through out the season during practice. He wants his ladies to out tough and be more physical then his competition. If females want to play on a male team, they should only be able to practice. A female is not proving anything by playing on a males team just like a males playing on a female team. If a female was playing against me I would be playing hard.

Title IX

Title IX in a Nutshell explained how Title IX become a law and the different court cases. We know that the law came about in 1972, but it was not for sports. It was original for education purposes, federal financial aid and allegations of sex discrimination. Not until 1979 did Title IX get geared towards women’s sports. With that the Policy Interpretations was formed which is the yardstick with which to measure the attainment in a sport programs of the goals found in the regulations (Carpenter). There is then a three prong test, one of the tests has to be followed by the university or college in order to be in compliance with Title IX.

Does Title IX make things harder for high school and college Athletic Directors? Yes, but this law makes things far for everyone. It is not far for the men’s basketball to get new jerseys and the women’s team does not. Going back to the high school days and guys and girls basketball; I remember a rule was made to have some of the girl’s games on some Friday nights before the guy’s games to a bigger crowd at the girl’s game. It worked for the most part. It helps when you have a good team because that is an added incentive. There were also times during the winter when I played baseball we had to alternate the gym times with the softball team. One week baseball would go after school and the next softball would go after school. It all worked out.

WWE: Dominant Hegemonic of Masculinity?

The article Wrestling with Masculinity: Messages about Manhood in the WWE was designed to look at the messages that are implied about manhood by television professional wrestling with the 118 WWE programs. Going off that, the article is looking at the masculinity and the way in which manhood is accomplished. What was found is that WWE in fact support does support the opinions of manhood (dominant hegemonic of masculinity). The dominant hegemonic of masculinity means violence, aggression, success and achievement (Soulliere, 2006).
I would tend to agree with what was found. If this study was not done the opinions of people for the most part would not change. In other words they would not think that WWE was a non dominant hegemonic masculinity. When I and I am sure other think of WWE and anything to do with that, think of a big strong guys with very little weaknesses. They would still believe dominant hegemonic of masculinity is what makes WWE so powerful and so fun to watch for most people. It is so popular that fans of WWE will pay a fight on paper view television. The fight may cost $50 dollars, but last only about 10 minutes. The other reason a lot of people, manly males would watch WWE is for the women; males, like the fact of two girls fighting in their bras and underwear. As for me I was never a WWE fan, I never got into the whole fake fighting period. There was plenty of other television shows on T.V.

Thursday Auguest 27

Reading Taking Sports Seriously I came across the sentence that says "Michael Jordan is perhaps the most recognized face in the world" (Gorn, Oriard 1995). That sentence is so true because when I was growing up MJ was right in his prime and it was all over the television. I believe the one asset that made Michael an icon besides flying through the air is his shoe and clothing line. When you see a pair of Nike shoes you know if they are "Air Jordan’s" right away with his logo. In another part of this article it talks about the relationship between athletics and culture and their work is ghettoized (Gorn, Oriard 1995). We touched on this in class, about how ghettoized means not being taking seriously. This relates to when someone may ask you your major and you tell them Sport Management... They may say "Really, what can you do with that?"

The other article that we read in class today was The Gender Trap. To be honest I never have thought about this and never knew this went on. I never knew the IOC did sex testing for the Olympics. It is very hard to believe that 1,000 babies are born with an intersex condition (Saner 2008). If I were to have a babe and it was an intersex, I would choose right away to make it either a boy or a girl. I would not let the baby grow and pick which sex it would like to be. This would cause so much conflict during their youth years. Then there is the people who have a sex change. If a person has a sex change, they should never be able to compete in an Olympic even ever. I do not agree with the IOC who says the person has to wait at least 2 years after their operation to be able to compete. Sorry God made you a certain way and that is the way it is!