Examples Of Gender Inequality In Baseball

Rachel Feggeler

DE English

Michael Edwards

22 March 2018

Separate but Equal Over the past two hundred years, women have gained a great ordeal of rights, but for no legitimate reason women still are not treated equal to men. As an example of this gender inequality is the unequal pay for the same job. According to a study done by the Contently Foundation, “Women get 10% less than men in the public sector” (The Guardian). Another example that most people do not think of, where there is discrimination, is sports. Sports is a large component in this gender inequality that has existed for eternity. To eliminate the stereotypical thoughts in the minds of society, women and men should be able to play on the same teams, athletes should stop being

Two compatible sporst with differences in the rules and regulations is softball and baseball. The differences between softball and baseball is the way to pitch, the pitching area, the distance from the pitcher’s area to home plate, the base paths, the field size, the size of the ball, and the bats. In most of these differences, the men’s way makes the sport much more physically demanding. These differences require men who play baseball to have more physical ability than the women who play softball. Why are there these differences? Who decided there needs to be a difference in size of the field? Some would argue there needs to be a difference due to the fact guys are generally stronger than girls, but that doesn’t mean girls are not physically able to hit the ball that far. People just assume girls are not able to do as much as men, so they change the rules and regulations. Girls may like this because these differences will mean we get more points or make the sport easier to succeed in, but real competitors would rather have to work harder and get more out of this situation. Another example of this gender inequality is in tennis the males play five sets while the females only play three. This does not sound like a large difference in the amount of time it takes to complete a match, but this difference can be equal to a few hours more of hard work. For some reason girls are not expected

Sports is a way for people to escape the reality of life and do something they enjoy, but this separation is making that harder and harder for athletes. To eliminate the stereotypical thoughts in the minds of society, women and men should be able to play on the same teams, athletes should stop being judged by their gender, and people should treat female sports just as important or more important than men’s sports. Everyone still growing up still has a chance to change the minds of the people, “Those of you growing up today are still challenging old beliefs about what boys and girls can do and still tearing down barriers” (Let Me Play 3).No matter how close men and women’s rights get as women continue to gain more rights, the deparations in sports will never get men and women as equal as they could be. As American former No. 1 professional tennis player, Billie Jean King, once said, “I have often been asked whether I am a woman or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a woman” this shows the strength female athletes have while society tears them