Women Ski Jumping
"This is the 21[st] century, it feels like we're in the `50s and `60s pushing for women's rights. This should not be happening now." (POST) Prior to the 21st century, women have been fighting for their rights in society, in government, and in athletics. Though the 1900`s brought immense changes, allowing the roles of women to be reshaped throughout the past century, the roles of men and women are not yet equitable.
In 1972, the Title IX Amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were enacted to help stop discrimination against girls in school activities, including sports. However, Title IX did not prevent female athletes from being overlooked in higher-level competitions, such as in ...
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year when the U. S. Women's Ski Jumping Team fought for and won the right to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Fifteen brave and perseverant American women fought proudly and rightfully for the rights of all women by proving that they can compete at the same level as men. The fight that the women went through to include women's ski jumping in the Olympics was well worth the battle.
Prior to Title IX, in the early 1900`s women's roles progressed slowly. Much of society had the mindset that women should be wearing dresses and acting like ladies. It was also a time when women were told, in school, that math would be a waste of time, so women should focus on English classes and learn how to become proper ladies who dressed properly and acted conservatively. A woman's role in society was to take care of the children and the house. Society had established these norms and little had challenged them. That was why croquet was considered a woman friendly sport, because women were ...
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decades continued, women did enter the work force in more occupations. As women's dress, roles in sports, roles in the work force grew and changed, so did women's rights for their bodies. In the 1960's, contraception became an accepted part of society and by 1973, abortion was no longer illegal, giving way to new thinking and women the right to decide if they wanted to bear children. All of these steps through the decades of the 1900's influenced ongoing changes to women's roles in society. Women were first able to compete in the 1900 Summer Olympics; however, they were only able to compete in two "lady-like" sports, tennis and croquet. Compared to the 19 events men were able ...
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