Lack Of Female Coaches At The Youth And Colligate Levels

Women’s equality is an issue that has been around for awhile. While women have been given many rights to increase equality, including the right to vote and go to college, the problem hasn’t completely vanished. One area that still sees this is in sports. Women’s sports do not draw nearly as many fans and are not covered in the media as much as men’s sports, pay differences between male and female athletes are large, and female athletes have to wait longer to start their professional career than men, which risks their professional career before it even starts.

Continuing to brain wash the young men today with the “sports is a mans world” mentality only helps to repeat the cycle of nearly oppressing women in the industry. It keeps men feeling secure when it comes to their masculinity, yet making a woman’s fight for respect a never ending struggle.

Throughout history, according to the laws of almost every country, males have been the dominate sex. In almost every sector of life, the law has granted men more rights and privileges, whether it be property rights or the right to vote. However, in the United States, ever since women’s suffrage, all women’s rights have been increasing steadily. One privilege that men have had in the past, active and supported participation in intercollegiate sports, has also been opened up to women through Title IX, part of an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Although Title IX does not solely target sports, its effect on college sports across the United States

Over two decades have passed since the enactment of Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education, including athletics. As a result of Title IX, women and girls have benefited from more athletic participation opportunities and more equitable facilities. Because of Title IX, more women have received athletic scholarships and thus opportunities for higher education that some may not have been able to afford otherwise. In addition, because of Title IX the salaries of coaches for women's teams have increased. Despite the obstacles women face in athletics, many women have led and are leading the way to gender equity.

The literature review of this article focuses on Title IX itself, as well as statistical numbers that provide the reader knowledge about the impact it has had. Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that has removed many barriers that once prevented people, on the basis of sex, from participating in educational opportunities and careers of their choice (Bower & Hums, 2013). Acosta and Carpenter (2012) reported that the number of female athletes playing college sports has risen from 16,000 in 1968 to over 200,000 in 2012. Although the increased number of opportunities has provided women the chance to participate in the sport, the percentage of women coaching women’s teams has decline over time from 90% in 1972 to 42.9% in 2012 (Acosta & Carpenter, 2012). Alongside coaching is the lack of women working in intercollegiate administration. In 1972, the percentage of female athletic directors overseeing women’s programs was 90%, Today, the percentage of female athletic directors is 20.3%, a small increase from 2010

Sports have been a large part of society throughout history. They have brought out happiness, joy, hard work, determination, and teamwork in the individuals that have participated in them. However, there have been negatives involved with sports throughout history also, including gender roles, which are defined as the public image of being a particular gender that a person presents to others. These roles have been created by society and passed down from generation to generation, informing one another of false beliefs that say that one gender, usually males, are better than females. In sports, these often say that women have significantly lower performance levels, show less drive and that women see competition as unnecessary. In reviewing the initial beliefs and problems before Title IX, the role of Title IX, the problems still existing today, and the modern movement, it is seen that progress has been made, but also that there is also more to do.

Woman’s sustained involvement in ‘male’ team sports has only occurred relatively recently. Woman’s participation in sport has been blunted by

Through creating separate sports, or spaces, based on gender for youth it teaches them that there is a difference between the genders that is limiting, and it also teaches them that this separation is okay and normal. This exclusive gender discrimination has been observed in many other sports and has even gone as far to categorize some sports as masculine or feminine. Similarly, with career paths, the salary for jobs labeled as feminine are associated with having lower salaries than the salaries often associated with jobs labeled as masculine. When attempting to eliminate this discrimination pattern, beginning with youth sports and career opportunities, both genders should be given equal opportunities with equal rewards rather than discriminate on assumed ability. This is important because in the broader context, gender inequality in the work place and in sports is a disadvantage to us all as it effects not only women but mothers, daughters, sisters, and whole families who rely on single mothers.

The sports world has been a new area where women are recognized. In previous times women’s sports were almost non-existent. In schools many girl teams did not receive adequate funds for uniforms and equipment. Boys sports were much more popular, such as football or basketball. If a girl wanted to play a guy sport she would be labeled as a

High school football participation has always been growing at a steady rate, but now, all participation is down except one group: high school girls. Since women’s participation is higher, people should be more open-minded about women playing

I once had a soccer coach who told me to “man up” when I came off the soccer field with a swollen, black eye. He asked me if I was going to “cry like a girl” or get back in my position on the field. Being a fourteen year old girl, I cried. But I returned to the field and continued playing. From recreation league to intercollegiate athletics, the one thing my coaches had in common was that they were male. I play on various teams: soccer, volleyball, rugby, cycling, and basketball, but never once did I have a female coach. Studies show that female athletes who did not have a female coach are less likely to go into the coaching profession (cite). Despite this statistic, I started coaching youth soccer, basketball, and swim teams when I was in college. I did not seek out a coaching positon and had little confidence in my abilities to guide a team, but a parent volunteer approached me and asked if I would volunteer as an assistant and be an athletic role model.

Women’s participation in sports has changed over the centuries. In ancient times, men dominated societies. Women were viewed as the caretaker, a provider for life. Women who did participate were criticized and were thought of as threatening. In 18th century America, women were considered inferior to men because of the belief that women are the weaker sex. A woman’s purpose in life was to take care of the house, children, and husband. When they did want to participate in recreational sport, they need to be able to negotiate with men and with other women because societies did not make it easy for women to participate. For example, there was a

There continues to be a very low number of women in administrative positions in intercollegiate athletics. The women in this examination presented a lot of exceptional viewpoints as to why they face so many challenges in regards to working in intercollegiate athletics. This analysis discovered profession summaries and challenges facing women employed in an intercollegiate athletic organization. The study focused on issues women working in intercollegiate athletic administration in the United States and Canada face on a consistent basis. This examination almost 2,000 women employed in intercollegiate athletic administration registered by the National Directory of College Athletics in 2012. Numerous useful recommendations for women wanting to

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn 't have what it takes.’ They will say, "Women don 't have what it takes." Clare Boothe Luce. Luce’s words are an example of the way women were viewed in the mid 1900’s, and are still a topic of discussion today. There are many different views about women in leadership positions within the sport industry. Some people have positive views, some people have negative views, and some people are indifferent. Women have dealt with equality issues throughout history, but how do they compare in this day and age within a male dominated profession, like athletics? The purpose of this study is to look into what men and women think about females in team sport leadership positions, and why they feel that way. This study allowed the researchers to ask men and women already in the field of team sport leadership if there was still a lacking, how they feel about it, and what needs to be done for women to increase their leadership opportunities. Research that has been done on this subject has tended to focus just on the number of women in these sport leadership positions, more so than the reasons behind why there is or is not a lacking of them. This study needed to take place to gain an understanding from men and women, who already hold these positions, on the differences in opportunities for males and females in sport leadership, and what change needs to happen to increase the number of

In the last one hundred years women have made tremendous inroads in many facets of life. Of that there can be little doubt. Women may now hold jobs, own property and participate in professional sports. Today women can compete in sports, once a vestige of male domination; there is now room for women in that arena. But even today women in sports are not portrayed in the same light as their male counterparts. To a large degree this is because of today's cultural ideal of women.