Females athletes and media coverage- Grange

Females athletes and media coverage IMPACT Female athletes; do they get the same media attention as the male athletes. The answer is no, but we’re meant to be living in an equal society were there is no discrimination based on gender. But yet there are... More

Females athletes and media coverage IMPACT Female athletes; do they get the same media attention as the male athletes. The answer is no, but we’re meant to be living in an equal society were there is no discrimination based on gender. But yet there are still inequalities that have not yet been addressed. The most recent event that happened this year were the under 21’s Westfield Matildas got cough up in a bawl with china, when did the young women get their place on the news, not for something good, but for being involved in a bawl. Now that tells me that the media is happier to focus on the bad things that happen rather than the achievements that the girls have made. Not only have they tented to focus on the bad sporting event they also tent to show on the news and newspapers more male sports being shown. Few women s sports receive live coverage; viewing is usually restricted to edited highlights outside of major viewing hours. The other point is that most female teams sports do Less