Chapter 10? Flashcards
What are some examples of how sports can symbolize broader social concerns?
In 2008, the NCAA prohibited members to use Native American Mascot (racism). The public debate on whether Michele Wie should compete on the PGA Tour (sexism), Michael Vick’s involvement in dog fighting (criminal behavior), and alleged steroid use among players in MLB.
Research by LaVoi and Wiese-abhor stall (2007) indicate what benefits from sport?
Greater health and well being, social, emotional, moral, physical and psychological development
Socialization is the process by which people learn and develop through social interaction and come to know the environment around them. What do children learn from coaches, parents, teachers, peers, and siblings in a sport context?
They learn what is normative, important, valued, and expected in a sport context
What and who are portrayed in the sport media communicate what to society?
Communicated values and attitudes about what is important
Can sport be a unifier in society?
Yes. By giving people a sense of personal identity, as well as feelings of group membership and social identification (ex. Kc royals, 2010 Saints Super Bowl (post Katrina)
Does sport provide only benefits to society or is it often seen as exclusionary?
Sport has a dark side. It can be exclusionary in terms of race, class, gender, age, ability, and sexual orientation
Sport has negative aspects such as sexual and emotional abuse of athletes, burnout, steroid use, chronic injuries, and eating disorders, anxiety (from win at all costs philosophy). What is a especially troubling aspects of increased anxiety from sports?
The win at all costs philosophy is increasingly becoming a part of youth sports and increasing anxiety amount our youth.
When did the level of sexism in sport begin to decrease in the US?
In the wake of the feminist movement that began in the early 1970’s and after Title IX in 1972.
What were some of the major changes from Title IX?
More Sprite offered. More sport related scholarships and facilities. Increased athletic budgets for women.
More than triple the amount of sports for women per college, ten times the amount of women involved in sport, and attendance for women’s sport has increased for 25 consecutive years.
What inequalities remain related to sexism related to the athletes themselves?
Women receive 45% if athletic scholarships even though they represent 57% of all undergraduates, females recurve 166,000,000 less in scholarships than men.
What inequalities remain related to sexism related to athletic budgets?
At the college level women’s programs recurve about 1/3 of the recruiting and operations budgets, women’s programs receive 1,550,000,000 less in money than men.
What inequalities remain related to sexism related to athletic administrators?
Some have actually lost far more leadership positions than they have gained since Title IX. Pre-1972 over 90% of all head coaches in women’s athletics were female; in 2008 it was just 42.8%. In college sports only 20% of head coaches are female, and females continue to represent only 2-3% if coaches in men’s sports.
What inequalities exist for women in sport journalism?
Women make up less than 10% of the AP sports editors, assistant sports editors, columnists, and sports reporters.
Are men in leadership roles in sports because they are more qualified?
Studies show workmen are often as qualified, or are qualified, than their male counterparts. These findings suggest that sport is still a place that produced and reinforced male power
Women make up 40% of all sport participants. What percentage of media coverage do women get?
They only receive 6-8% (?????)
