Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how there are many stereotypes surrounding female professional athletes. The paper shows how women have made great strides into many professional and exhibition sports, but reveals that they are still largely absent from the big professional sports franchises. The paper further relates that women athletes rarely gain the same attention and notoriety that men athletes enjoy and are still treated unequally in the male-based and biased world of professional sports.

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"Historically, sports have always been a part of life, even back to ancient times. The Greeks invented the Olympics before Christ was born, and even then, sports were male-dominated. Women were banned from competing in the Olympics, and when the modern Olympics made their appearance in 1896, women were again banned from the competitions. It was not until 1900 that women competed in the Olympics, and then they only competed in three events: tennis, croquet, and golf (Editors, 2008). Throughout the 20th century, women made great strides in sports. Professional soccer, basketball, and football leagues have sprung up for women, and women are some of the most well-known and respected tennis, track and field, and gymnastics stars in the world. Women dominate some sports, but they still do not receive the same pay and attention as professional male athletes, and this continues even today, when most people consider themselves open and even supportive of women's sports."

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