The Oppression Of Women's Basketball

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Five seconds left on the clock and the Lakers are only down by one point. They take the ball down the court, Coleman passes it to Jordan for the lay-up, three, two, one… WNBA, “ The top women’s league is the Women’s National Basketball Association” (STEM in Basketball), is an athletic sport, usually played on an indoor court in which two competitive teams of five players try to score by throwing the ball through one of the two goals, at each end of the court. Another hindrance for women playing basketball is the height of the goal they are playing on. The goals on a court should be lowered for women’s basketball because women are shorter than men, many free throws and layups are being missed, and they can score more points if the goals were lowered. …show more content…
Some women can. “ The women who have dunked, with the exception of Dean Smith, have all been at least six-foot-four” (SLAMMED). Meanwhile, the women that can dunk during the WNBA games find their coaches do not want them to dunk. “ The fact is, while a number of women slam in practice and warmups, WNBA games remain notoriously dunk free” (SLAMMED). They might get worried about one of their players injuring themselves. Another reason why so many women basketball players can dunk is because of their height and how they use their knees and jumps, she exerts force against the floor to propel her upward.” (STEM in Basketball). Therefore, women can dunk. Only the taller ones, but if the goals were lowered the shorter women could dunk
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