The media swarmed her as she was carried by her coach to the podium to accept the gold medal. ... "Both broadcast and print media have essentially disregarded women's athletics devoting less than ten percent of sports coverage to female athletes" (Stader). ... The news media often separates female athletes into categories based on whether they play masculine or feminine sports. Although more girls and women play traditionally "male" sports it is the feminine sports that actually receive more recognition from the media. ... In addition to the media and community female ...

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The basis of my arguments will be the pros and cons of men vs. women in sports and the impact that women have had on college campuses and in the media. ... In the same study, "It is a myth that the growth of women's sports has been responsible for the elimination of men's sports," says Donna Lopiano executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation. ... Another topic in gender equality is the way women and women's sports are represented in the media. ... There are many factors that contribute to this topic such as one of the larger complaints is criticism of the media abo...

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But the news on television is not the only type of media taking the criticism of society. ... The key premise here is that the mass media does not cause undesirable social behavior and in actuality, the media people should not be dubbed as the "bad guys". ... Thus, it is important to indicate that women are not treated only as sexual objects through the media. ... Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than pictures of naked people. ... Similarly, to say that women are singled ou...

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But the news on television is not the only type of media taking the criticism of society. ... The key premise here is that the mass media does not cause undesirable social behaviour and in actuality, the media people should not be dubbed as the "bad guys". ... Thus, it is important to indicate that women are not treated only as sexual objects through the media. ... Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than pictures of naked people. ... Similarly, to say that women are singled out...

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Numerous individuals feel as if they are pressured by the idea of an ideal body image through the media. ... In chapter one of the book, Mass Media Research: An Introduction, the authors, Roger D. ... Because the media is so broad, it has a huge impact on society as a whole, like explained by Kristen Harrison, "They found media exposure to predict disordered eating both directly and through these intervening variables and concluded that internalization of the thin ideal partially mediates the effects of exposure to ideal body images in the media" (291). The impact that the media has ...

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These advertisements can put a lot of pressure on young girls at such a young age to look beautiful that it can make them feel depressed about not being able to have the sexual attractiveness they desire or that the media and society desires. ... Authors Domenech-Rodriguez, Rouner, and Slater state that "Males tend to be presented in sports and professional activity contexts, savoring freedom and adventure; traditionally, females are portrayed either in relation to males, as spouses and homemakers, or in relation to children, as parents and homemakers" (p. 1-2). ... One journal me...

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