Me Yasa Muke Yin watsi da Wasu Wasannin da 'Yan Wasa Mata suka mamaye Har zuwa Gasar Olympics?

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Idan kun yi tunani game da 'yan wasan mata da suka mamaye zagayowar labarai a cikin shekarar da ta gabata-Rounda Rousey, mambobi ne na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Mata ta Amurka, Serena Williams - ba za ku iya musun cewa babu sauran lokacin farin ciki da zama mace a ciki. wasanni. Amma yayin da muke kan gaba a shekarar 2016, shekarar gasar Olympics ta Rio, yana da wuya ba a yi mamakin dalilin da ya sa wasu 'yan wasa mata suka fara zama sananne a duniya ba. (Haɗu da masu fatan Olympic da kuke buƙatar bi a kan Instagram.)

Simone Biles 'yar shekara 18 ta zama zakara a duniya sau uku a fannin motsa jiki, amma sau nawa ka taba jin labarinta ko ganinta? Kuma, don wannan lamarin, yaushe ne lokacin ƙarshe da kuka kalli wasannin motsa jiki? Hakanan ana iya tambayar wannan wasan kwallon raga na rairayin bakin teku.

A lokacin wasannin Olympics na London na 2012, raye-rayen raye-rayen kungiyar Amurka da ta lashe zinare na gymnastics na daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi kallo, kuma a cikin manyan 'yan wasa goma da aka fi danna kan NBCOlympics.com akwai 'yan wasan gymnastics Gabby Douglas da McKayla Maroney da taurarin wasan volleyball na bakin teku Misty May-Treanor. da Jen Kessy.

Bukatar tana nan, amma ina wadannan ’yan wasa da wasanninsu a lokacin da ba a buga gasar Olympics ba? Judith McDonnell, PhD, farfesa a fannin ilimin zamantakewa kuma mai kula da nazarin wasanni a Jami'ar Bryant ta ce "Mun makale a cikin tarko inda muke yin bikin kowace shekara biyu ko hudu saboda wadannan wasanni na mata suna yin kyau sosai, amma sai ya ragu."

Wani ɓangare na matsalar ana iya danganta shi da tsarin wasanni da kansu. Marie Hardin, PhD, shugabar Kwalejin Sadarwa a Jami'ar Jihar Penn, wacce binciken ta mayar da hankali kan mata a kafofin watsa labarai, aikin jarida, da Title IX.

Amma, abin takaici, batun ya sake komawa jinsi da yadda muke tunani game da wasanni a matsayin al'umma.

Hardin ya ce "Yawancin abin da ya sa ba ma ganin wasan da za a fara dangane da shahara yana da alaƙa da gaskiyar cewa mata ne ke yin wasan-har yanzu muna da ma'anar wasanni a matsayin maza." "Mun rungumi wasannin mata a wasannin Olympics saboda dalilai guda biyu: Na ɗaya, suna wakiltar Amurka kuma lokacin da mata ke wakiltar ƙasarmu mun fi sha'awar komawa bayansu da zama magoya baya. Abu na biyu, yawancin wasannin da suka shahara a Gasar Olympics tana da abubuwa na mata, kamar alheri ko sassauci, kuma mun fi jin daɗin kallon mata suna yin su."

Ko da idan aka kalli wasanni na mata da ake ganin su a duk shekara, kamar wasan tennis, wadannan batutuwan sun ragu. Ka ɗauki Serena Williams. A cikin shekarar da ta yi fice na nasarori a kotun, an raba labarin Williams tsakanin ainihin tattaunawa game da wasanta da kuma magana game da siffar jikinta, wanda wasu ke kira namiji.

Tabbas akwai banbanci ga ɗaukar hoto na 'yan wasa mata kuma ba daidai bane a faɗi cewa ba a sami ci gaba ba tsawon shekaru. espnW ya haɓaka kasancewar wasanni na mata akan layi, akan TV, kuma tare da taron mata + wasanni na shekara-shekara tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a cikin 2010. Kuma, kamar yadda espnW wanda ya kafa Laura Gentile, ya ce, canji yana ɗaukar lokaci: “Idan kun kalli hanyar wucewar Title IX a cikin 1972, an ɗauki 'yan shekarun da suka gabata don yawancin al'ummomin da abin ya shafa. " (Al'ummai suna tunanin muna rayuwa a cikin sabon zamani don 'yan wasa mata.)

Don haka menene za ku iya yi don haɓaka canji da sauri kuma ganin ƙarin motsa jiki a cikin shekarar da ba ta Olympics ba (wacce, bari mu zama ainihin, duk muna so)?

"Yi magana idan ba ka ganin ɗaukar hoto da kake son gani," in ji Hardin. "Masu shirye -shirye da masu gyara da masu shirya shirye -shirye suna cikin sana'ar don su sami ƙwallon ido. Idan sun san suna rasa masu sauraro saboda ba su samar da isassun wasannin mata za su mayar da martani."

Kuna da manufar ku idan kun zaɓi karɓe shi. Za mu yi!

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