Question

Watch ESPN or another sport channel. Compare the coverage of women's and men's sports (hopefully the same sport).

What is the focus of the stories? Do they talk about the women's prowess as athletes or about their social lives or whether they are great moms? Are the athletes presented in similar athletic apparel or would you say there is a gender bias? Are the men shown in a manner that highlights their athletic success, muscles, strength or effort while the women are presented in more provocative roles? Do you think there is a gender bias? Do you think that bias should exist? If not, how do you think we can eliminate that bias?

Answer 1

I usually see Tensports. Most of the time the channel shows men's sports . Women's sports are shown for less duration like if in 24 hr a day , 20 hours men's game and 4hrs women's game . I can't confirm on this that whether this due to less number of women's sports or actually a gender bias going on . But if we see any sports channel most of the time the coverage is given to men rather than women . In that way we can say that there is a gender bias and it should not exist as everyone is equal and should be treated also equally . Sports was considered a field for men only in the former eras but now it's changed women are coming forward with accomplishment.of gold and silver medals at country's level . So they should be equally treated with out discrimination . And this is possible by the sports authority channels head departments and administration who live these sports on air . They should take action against this that why majority of time men's sports and their coverage is shown .