Dare to Compete: Women in Sports
Gender in Sports
March 15, 2011
The video that we watched was an HBO 90 minutes special. It documented the women throughout history that have made a name for themselves in the sporting world when women were not seen as athletes. It was thought that women would hurt themselves if they played sports and that they would not be good for having a child. They were only allowed to participate in sports where a skirt could be worn. These activities included swimming, tennis, archery, golf, and yachting. It was also believed that riding a bicycle was worse for a woman than riding a horse. Suzanna Lenglen was the first women's sports star. She was a French tennis player that drank during her games and jumped around like she was in ballet. Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel. She beat all other records of the swim by using a "very" hard and tiring stroke that even a man couldn't pull off. She beat all the other records by 2 hours. The 1928 Olympics also slowed women's participation in sports. The runners after the 800 meter race were to exhausted and could not even stand anymore. They did not run the 800 meter for the next 32 years. I liked the video because it showed the evolution of women's sports and how they first competed or "played" together.
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