Barriers to participation- WOMEN

Question 1

Barriers to participation

Answer 1

1. Effects of lack of media coverage/ role models/ female coaches.
2. Accepted gender role / stereotyping/ traditional role/ child care/ family commitments.
3. Inappropriate activity/ physiological myths/ poor body image; sport as a male preserve/ keep women out.
4. Idea that sport is for men.
5. Lower (disposable) income/ expense.
6. Financial limitations.
7. Less time available.
8. Time constraints.
9. Less resources/ lower funding/ prize money/ sponsorship opportunities/ fewer facilities/ reduced access/ fewer female clubs/ opportunities.
10. Lower extrinsic rewards.
11. School P.E Programme (fewer opportunities.

Question 2

Solutions

Answer 2

1. Introduce/ enforce laws which make sex discrimination unlawful.
2. Encouraged shared domestic/ childcare responsibilities (creating more time for women).
3. Increase media coverage of women’s sport, therefore increasing the amount of role models.
4. Increased sponsorship to attract women to sport.
5. Provide education to refute/ reject stereotypical myths.
6. Improve P.E provision.
7. More clubs for women.
8. Making sports facilities as attractive as possible.
9. Social Media- linked people together to form friendship and motivation to exercise.