Women in Sports
My pre-game ritual was to chant along to the song “The Distance” by Cake. The lyrics went: “ He’s driving, and striving… He’s all alone, racing and pacing and plotting the course He’s fighting and biting and riding on his horse…” But I would sing, “And she’s racing and pacing and hugging the turns, she’s going the distance.” People would correct me and say, “Sweetheart, it’s he.” But I felt like the “he’s” got to do everything. There were not, and still are not, any female professional football players. In the movies, the “he’s” always got the most dramatic and important roles. A “she” had never, and still has not, gotten to be President. The “he’s” were, and usually still are, the head of the families, while the female is left in charge of errands. “He’s” brought, and still generally bring in, the largest salaries. In other words, “he’s” dominate society. Thus, the media and business circles, as well as the rest of the world, appeal to the interests and desires of the males—their most significant consumer. I hated not having my desires considered. I wanted to be the first “she” pro football player, the firs
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Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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