A Brief Note On Gender And Discrimination Sports ...

Rute Tilahun Professor Selina Hammond English 101- Composition 12, November 2015 Gender and Discrimination in Sports: Soccer How many fans do you see supporting women’s Soccer teams? Why are women receiving less acknowledgements for their success towards sports than men? Do you know any girl who is interested in playing soccer and is not on the team just because she is a girl? Well I do. Such an incidence happened in one of my best friend’s lives. It took place at my high school back in my country, Ethiopia. My best friend is really interested in soccer. She will give up anything for it. When we were in high school, she used to play soccer with the boys in her spare time. The boys used to let her play only on their trainings because she was not part of the team. So one day, they lost a match with another high school because one of their best defense players got injured. That day, my best friend decided to ask the coach if she could be on the team. Disbelief was apparent on his face. 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