From the interview conducted with Gerlad Horne as well as Chapter 5 from Sport in the Capitalist Society: A Short History, we are able to see clear intersections regarding gender and sports. Horne is a historian who primarily focuses on the lives and pasts of African Americans. During the Horne Interview, the audience is able to learn a lot about how race and sports have interacted in the past, more specifically with black boxers. During the 19th century, Black men were forced to fight with other men as a form of entertainment for white slaveowners. But in addition to that, we see how gender has interacted with sports since the start. Masculinity was predominantly discussed in this as women at the time were not seen as athletes. Toxic masculinity is seen all the…show more content… Women in sports were heavily looked down upon during most of history but predominantly during the 19th century. Women were seen as one thing to society, mothers. They need to be healthy in order to care for children and keep the affairs of the household in order. Running around and competing against others was only seen as barbaric for women, and typical for men. The men of our society were making it nearly impossible for women to participate in sports. “A gentleman amateur – the phrase itself was something of a tautology – was physically courageous, strong-willed, prepared to give and take orders, and, above all, not feminine. True sport could only be a masculine kingdom,” Collins 38. While women may have been involved in some activities such as smock races, they were very limited in their options and even smock races had come to a close. Women were not strong enough to make their own decisions and were considered the ‘weaker sex’ and “This was not an assessment of their physical strength but of their character: women were morally weak and fickle, and therefore had to be controlled,”(Collins
