Notes for Exam 4 Continued from the notes from exam 3 Sports and Femininity Framing Sexuality Playing Unfair clip The media Image of Female Athletes o How are woman athletes portrayed Woman are portrayed in a hyper sexualized ways Sexuality o Female athletes are far more likely to be depicted in sexualized and hyperfeminine ways o Why Likely reflects strong cultural anxieties over changing definition of femininity and masculinity But this reality undermines the power of women as athletes especially as a challenge to traditional notions of masculinity Individual athletes may choose to buy into this for various reasons but still must consider effects on both women and men Infantilization o Woman athletes are related in a childlike way What does this term suggest Idea that the rhetoric used about women makes them look subservient to guys Softness weakness wholesome high morals plays fairly treats others nicely plays down competition innocence youthfulness girl next door o Announcers refer to woman in sports as girls and men in sports as men o Woman are referred to as their first name and men are referred by their last name this undercuts their importance Emotionality o Level of emotion in the game Women cry more Team oriented moral boosters Men are talked about emotionally as individuals and woman are talked about as teams Women corporate and don t necessarily compete Sexual Orientation o Lesbianism Threat of homosexuality lesbianism WNBA has dealt with this the most Non competitive roles WNBA vs NBA o Woman are shown through media with outside activities much more than men o WNBA has more rules less exciting Profiles about women include EVERYTHING Profiles of men athletes just talk about them as the player How the men perform in the game Women sports always have lady or woman before the title o Ex WNBA LPGA tour Women s World Cup Lady Raiders Gender Marking o Less of a market for women Example http www utsports com sports w baskbl tenn w baskbl body html Summary Inside the paint Tennessee basketball team hugging their parents dancing around eating food at the Bahamas jet skiing showing thanksgiving break at free port then they show the guys training warming up shows top 5 plays etc all basketball related o Live blog No it s a fox game those aren t available online Lang at 6 5 is a big presence the rest of the lineup is small is A few tweets Texas Tech Red Raider roundup Sports clip about the women s basketball team but the first 30 seconds are about when the boys will play o Shows coach talking about what they ll do for future games and showing them high five Background music says touchdown red raiders so that is directly primarily to boys Example http www goladyraiders com Summary Michigan outlast Texas Tech at Barlcays Short interview about how they will prepare for the next game Example http www latechsports com sports w baskbl Tech Defense key wins not great plays o Shows no fans and only highlight shots that are short shot Only showed two three pointers not exciting o Summary LaTech Brief overview about women s stats Ex FIFA World cup Brazil Germany 2011 FIFA women s world cup PGA Tour Final Four Atlanta 2013 Women s Final Four New Orleans Aesthetics and gender specific sports Sports and Masculinity know these clips Framing three basic issues clip http www youtube com watch v ikDXcfzA848 o Wrestling with manhood Boys Bullying and Battering Defending professional wrestling and how popular it is among young men Why are people watching Why is it affecting society I thought you were a man Women are there for the power of men Men forcing themselves onto women Shows that we re entertained by beating up women Society doesn t make it a big deal It is to ENTERTAIN YOU Women Shows girls spanking each other and being kissed by the wrestlers They just stand there and hold signs Growing female shorts All Stacy has to do is to take off Tricia s clothes in 50 seconds Anything that is popular should be questioned why are they are watching it Chairs over the head cartoonlike violence happy violence I lost to the better MAN I thought you were a MAN Face me like a MAN Why are we entertained with men beating up women Why do we find that funny Because we don t take them seriously in the real world The way we take your mind off those things is to ENTERTAIN YOU Sports as venue for objectifying women examples http sportsillustrated cnn com http bleacherreport com At the bottom of the site there are different topics to view Swim Daily was all women in bikinis Olympian Hannah Teter on her 2010 swim shoot Every article is about a man doing something athletic and only showing the women in a hyper sexuality light College Football Picks Week 15 predictions for every game Showing man s strength in football Sports as a place for real men clip http www youtube com watch v 3exzMPT4nGI Tough Guise Violence media and the crisis in masculinity o o REAL man TOUGH guy o Interviewer is a guy who works for anti violence They have to put on that front to fit in their peer environment Show young men defining what a real man is Tough masculine competitive strong powerful respected etc There is a lot of pressure as a young boy to put on this act and fit into this box of how tough guys are suppose to act o Latino usually viewed as Boxers or criminals o Asians Marshal arts violence criminals Where do boys learn this MEDIA Family friends environment etc Shows the difference of race and masculinity Connection between being a MAN and VIOLENCE o Contemporary American masculine 85 of people that attempt murder are men 95 of dating violence is committed by men 85 95 child abuse They say its because many men are abused as kids Man on Man violence o Girl interview Says her guy friends walk around like they re so tough but when they get alone with her they are the biggest babies about their problems They ve got to be tough when they re around a lot of people Girls and women have an important role Girls think that tough guys are hot they need to show that they value something deeper Sports as a bastion for homophobia o Case study John Amaechi clip http www youtube com watch v 8 bFaGC0emQ John Amaechi on Paula Zahn FIRST Professional Basketball player comes out about being gay Gay in the NBA o Amaechi wrote a book Man in the middle Why not come out earlier He felt like it would ve made a difference in his NBA life Homophobia is wide spread is SOCIETY Interviewer asks if he was ever attracted to his teammates he replies that it was