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The paper discusses how gender differences present in organized sports are the reflection of gender issues in the society as whole. The paper then explains that a woman's body is often more valued based on how it looks than on what it can do (Nelson, 2006) and this relationship is a direct extension of the sexist image of body present in our society. Finally, the paper identifies four points that could form the basis of sports and health awareness policy for female youth.

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"Gender differences present in organized sports are the reflection of gender issues in the society as whole. As much as in any other realm of life, some changes did occur in the second half of last century, however many inequalities between male and female athletes are still present. One of the reasons for constrain is the fact that men look more frequently at sports as a confirmation for their feeling of superiority over women (Malszecki and Cavar, 2005). Such strong need for sports in male culture stems, in part, from the fact that the age of industrialization and particularly high technology replaced the need for a raw muscle with..."

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