I'm Still StandingSarah Mohamed, an aspiring teenage football star, fights against hardship and discrimination from her family and peers when trying out. Despite this, she perseveres and impresses everyone at the big game.
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I'm Still Standing
Topic: Gender Discrimination in High School Sports
Directed by Sofia F. , Written by Bear S. , Edited by Michael Y.
Starring Lorenzo C., Sepideh HA., Dominick N., Ivan R., Frankie G.
1972 education amendments to the Civil Rights Act, expanded high school athletic opportunities to include girls. Although the new act allowed girls to participate in sports, this didn’t mean they weren’t pressured out of it or discriminated against. This also applies outside of school, where women were still discriminated against and treated poorly. An example of this is the story of a 1967 woman named Katherine Switzer, who, like Mulan, entered under a fake name and ran the Boston Marathon despite women not being allowed to, and worst of all, was told not to run and was pushed and shoved to try and make her give up and quit. Despite that, she persevered and finished. After, she made headlines, and Women were allowed to enter the Marathon. This anecdote is a pivotal moment in the Women’s Rights Movement, but is also a story that could be had by anyone, such as the main character in our dramatic fiction, Sarah Mohammed. Both wanted to pursue sports and faced discrimination and social injustice, yet still kept going and achieved. Nearly 4,500 public schools across the United States have large gender inequality in sports and that could be a violation of Title IX. These campuses account for well over 28 percent of the country's public high schools.
Our sketch is bringing attention to some of the less direct and more discrete ways a student may face gender discrimination in high school sports programs. Sarah Mohammad is a freshman who's been eager to join her school's football team since day one. Her experience, however, is far from ideal as she soon picks up on inconsistencies in the ways she's being treated compared to her male teammates. Sarah is forced to run extra laps for wearing nail polish and is placed as second-string QB despite the fact she performed the best at tryouts. The inconsistencies may be small but it shouldn't be that way because of her superb performance at tryouts. The only explanation is Sarah facing discrimination because of her gender. These issues are easy to pick up on as a student and can affect students' emotional well being. Sarah's experience felt degrading but will things change for better, or for worse?
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Our sketch is bringing attention to some of the less direct and more discrete ways a student may face gender discrimination in high school sports programs. Sarah Mohammad is a freshman who's been eager to join her school's football team since day one. Her experience, however, is far from ideal as she soon picks up on inconsistencies in the ways she's being treated compared to her male teammates. Sarah is forced to run extra laps for wearing nail polish and is placed as second-string QB despite the fact she performed the best at tryouts. The inconsistencies may be small but it shouldn't be that way because of her superb performance at tryouts. The only explanation is Sarah facing discrimination because of her gender. These issues are easy to pick up on as a student and can affect students' emotional well being. Sarah's experience felt degrading but will things change for better, or for worse?
Sources:
Published by ceblogguestpost
View all posts by ceblogguestpost, et al. “Why Female Coaches Matter.” Club Experience Blog, 20 Feb. 2019, clubexperience.blog/2019/02/07/why-female-coaches-matter/.
Keyleigh, Keyleigh. “Underrepresentation of Women in Sports Leadership: Stereotypes, Discrimination, and Race.” The Cupola, 2018, cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1764&context=student_scholarship.
Katherine Shai, AthleteNetwork. “What You Don't Know About Being A Female Wrestler.” Athlete Network, an.athletenetwork.com/blog/what-you-dont-know-about-being-a-female-wrestler.
McKinney, Kelsey. “More High School Girls Are Playing Tackle Football Than Ever.” Deadspin, Deadspin, 6 Sept. 2019, deadspin.com/more-high-school-girls-are-playing-tackle-football-than-1837378141.
“Why Do We Still Divide Sports by Gender?” The Varsity, 1 Aug. 2017, thevarsity.ca/2017/07/31/why-do-we-still-divide-sports-by-gender/.
Piccioto, Elad De. “Should Women Compete against Men in Sports?” Theperspective.com/, 13 Nov. 2020, www.theperspective.com/debates/living/women-compete-men-sports/.
Mervosh, Sarah, and Christina Caron. “8 Times Women in Sports Fought for Equality.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Mar. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/sports/women-sports-equality.html.
Bodenner, Chris. “Why Aren't Women's Sports as Big as Men's?” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 9 June 2015, www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/06/women-and-sports-world-cup-soccer/395231/.
Renee, Shana. “6 Eye-Opening Quotes about the Treatment of Women in Sports Media.” ESPN, ESPN Internet Ventures, 27 Apr. 2016, www.espn.com/espnw/voices/story/_/id/15415730/6-eye-opening-quotes-treatment-women-sports-media.
YS, Team. “12 Inspirational Quotes to Push Women in Sports to Persevere.” YourStory.com, Yourstory, 25 Mar. 2018, yourstory.com/2018/03/inspirational-quotes-perseverance-women-in-sports?utm_pageloadtype=scroll.
Scoophockey. “17 Inspiring and Motivational Quotes from Women in Sport.” Scoop, 20 June 2017, scoop-hockey.com/2017/06/20/17-inspiring-and-motivational-quotes-from-women-in-sport/.
Mariana De paula silva, AthleteNetwork. “Gender Equality In Sports.” Athlete Network, an.athletenetwork.com/blog/gender-equality-in-sports.
Stevenson, Betsey. Title IX and the Evolution of High School Sports , users.nber.org/~bstevens/papers/Title%20IX%20and%20the%20Evolution%20of%20High%20School%20Sports%20(old).pdf.
