Zatoria Thompson
Mrs. Tacher
Grammar and Composition P. 4
29 October 2015
Women's Equality in Sports Women's rights have been tested many times over the years, especially in sports, but Billie Jean King, a professional tennis player, raised the bar and demanded equal treatment for women, proving that women were not inferior in sports or society.
I. Women sport discrimination
Sports were only considered as a man’s aptitude. Men were more appreciated in sports and in society than women. However, why should women be inferior to men? Why can’t women have the same privileges as men? Famous tennis player and women's advocate, Billie Jean King wondered the same thing.
Details on inequality of women and how long it dates back
“Today, August 26th, we celebrate Women’s Equality Day. We commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the…show more content… C. "The women's liberation movement was the collective struggle for equality, most active during the late 1960s and 1970s, that sought to free women from oppression and male supremacy."(Napikoski)
D. Women's rights have been tested many times over the years, especially in sports, but Billie Jean King, a professional tennis player, raise the bar and demanded equal treatment for women, proving that women were not inferior in sports or society.
II. Body 1: Women having discrimination in society
Women are forced to do things that they do not want to do.
1. In some countries, girls and women are forced to marry men
2. Women can not participate in society in some countries
3. Women do not have freedom of speech in some countries
B. Women weren’t getting paid as much as men. “Where women do have jobs, globally they are paid 24 per cent less than men”(Mlambo-Ngcuka)
Billie Jean King “The first woman professional athlete to be paid more than 100,000 dollars in a single year”(Britannica, page 1)
Billie Jean King showed that women can get the same pay as
