Stereotypes Of Women In Sports

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Women were often perceived as being to weak for sport particularly endurance sports,such as marathons, weightlifting and cycling, and it was often argued in the past that it was not healthy for women. However, this is just gender stereotypes. People also think that women can't achieve prizes as men could do and unlike male athletes, female athletes do not have the luxury of being primarily portrayed as performance athletes and also, sometimes women are not allowed to play some types of sport which are only for men. Society used to largely ignore, discriminate against female athletes, and portray them as masculine and homosexual,and further deter women from participating in sports. That made them try to dress with ladylike clothes to make them