Is Sports Sexist ?

WALT write a reflection about articles we have read in the news.

Today we were assigned an article on a piece of paper. The task was to read the article then answer the questions. The name of the article was "Is sports Sexist?". It is about the problem of the sexism towards the Black Ferns and the All Blacks. The main point of the article was to inform everybody how sexism can effect some. 

See, both teams play the same sport, both teams play for the same country BUT the only difference is the gender problem. Yes the Black ferns went and supported Aotearoa at the 2016 RIo Olympics, yes they were supported with a lot of courage from around the world but yet when the Olympics we're over, the Black Ferns were back into the shadow again. People only know who the Black Ferns are, when they've been shown on Television or if the All Blacks are nowhere to be seen but once the spotlight hits them, the Black Ferns are just known as "a team". It's actually really bad because when we were assigned this task, most people didn't even know who the Black Ferns are which is a disappointment. 

It says here in the article that it's never the athlete's fault, it's always the social media. Why?

Well the athlete can't control what's put online or who put up what, the athlete's are only responsible for their own actions. It's all to do with the popularity of the sport and the team because if there is a sport that isn't popular they aren't going to air it on television. there was an example in the text. Archery.... Yes, Archery is a really fun sport to watch. However, people barely see it on Television because nobody ever watches it. 

After we read the articles we were assigned questions. 

Some like Who's the captain of the All Black and Who's the captain of the Black Ferns?

Well....

The Captain of the All Blacks is "Kieran Reid".

The Captain of the Black Ferns is "Fiao'o Fa'amausili.

Some sports that me and my family watch online and at home on t.v are rugby, netball and more.

I really enjoyed reading this article today.

Maybe next time we could do some more research about sexism in sport.

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