I will show how history may have initially created these gender stereotypes, and how the media has helped to keep them alive.  I will also explain why the facts I've collected suggest that this issue of gender stereotypes will always be an issue, especially in sports.

History (gender portrayal)- Why these stereotypes came to be.
Media (How large sports are for the media)***-How it is such a large part of our lives, and how people are affected by it.
Involvement of Sports(fans)-How these stereotypes came to be maybe unintentionally
Leads into
Negative Attitude towards Women-(Whole point)***How these stereotypes have caused a negative attitude towards women, and other groups of people (gay)(race)

The 2 major stakeholders in my issue are the women athletes and the media, but there are also the male athletes, and the fans..  The women athletes have the media coverage on their events, even though there is not much coverage on their events on the first place.  The main reason these stereotypes are created is because of the media coverage so maybe the less the better? Maybe.  The other huge stakeholder is the media.  They have the decision of either televising women events, which could in turn create these stereotypes.  Or else they could choose not to cover those sports which would create a huge controversy with the women athletes.  Overall, the women would like to be televised because it shows that people care about what they are doing.  This is the main conflict in my issue, and if I elaborate it could become a section of my essay, which I am considering on adding!

Revisions

I think to revise my paper I will need to provide more information about the quotes that I included.  I need to try to relate them to my main purpose better so that it is clear to the reader what I am exploring.  Also I think that I need to make better connections between my different sections, I need to make the whole essay flow in a way that it is easy for the reader to understand.  My analysis is also lacking, I need to do more research to find certain quotes that show exactly what I am trying to explain so that I can provide good details to ceonnect with my overall purpose and issue that I am trying to address.  Overall, I need to just work on my essay so that it flows better and so that it addresses the issues that I am trying to explain. 

On the picture I included some of my group liked it and some did not. Personally I think it adds to the essay because it visually shows what I am trying to address, but I will need to think about it later if I would like to include or dismiss it from my paper.

The main claim I would like to address is how women are discriminated against in sports, but I don't think it will ever change because of how people are, and all of the factors that have an influence on why women are not thought of as the athletic type.

I tried to include sources that dealt with the different sections I included in my essay, but I think I will need to do more research to find quotes that flow better throughout my essay, and that show what I would like to show so that I can explain them more in depth and relate them to my purpose.

I think I just need to find sources that make better connections to my overall purpose.  I will use different sources for each seperate section and try to relate them to eachother to make my essay more clear.

I think the sources I have now are good for the sections but I will need to find more so that it makes that connection to the purpose.  I also need to cite my sources better because I had some trouble in that area as well.

8.2

Ruzich uses many different sources to support her claim but also to give background to even the history of coffee, which does not even deal with Starbucks.  She uses 29 different sources, and even though it is a relatively short paper. I noticed that all of these sources have a purpose, and make her paper more effective.  I like the way she used inquiry, and really made a connection between all of her sources so that the reader could not really question anything.  It was very clear, and I think thats what I learned from this essay the most.  The writer needs to make sure that everything is accounted for so that the point they are trying to make is as clear as possible, and makes sense to the reader.  Her sources do a number of things, from just facts and statistics to supporting how Starbucks is so successful in their marketing campaign.

Assignment 8

I really enjoyed the Starbucks essay.  I liked the way that she went about using inquiry, and also the issue that she was exploring was very fun and got me interested.  I think overall this is what I should strive for in my research she really showed all perspectives, and had good detail to back up her research.  She tried to show that even though it may look like Starbucks is a very good coffee shop that actually cares about their customers and the environment, or if it is all a business plan to get the customers to come back.  Overall I really enjoyed this essay, and it helped me to see what I need to do in my research.

The video we watching in class on Thursday really showed me that you need to look at all perspectives to write a good research paper.  If any are left out or can be questioned then the writer did not do there job.  I realized with my paper that I am only looking at the female perspective.  The articles that I have read have been very biased, and my research is very one sided so far.  I need to look deeper into the issue to find out what the male perspective is as well as why this issue is even being brought up, because reading all of these femenist articles is not helping my research. It is just making my paper very one sided and biased.

AB's

Marini, Margaret Mooney. "Sex and Gender: What Do We Know?." Sociological Forum, 5.1 (1990): 95-120.
This article focuses on the differences between the male and female gender.  It does not techically deal with sports but it is useful in the fact that it compares the differences and similarities between the genders, and why some of the stereotypes are made.

Love, Adam, and Kimberly Kelly. "Equity or Essentialism." Gender & Society, 25.2 (2011): 227-249.

This article deals specifically with the femenist idea of women being treated unfairly in sports.  This article seems very biased towards women, but can be useful to point out what femenists think and why they come to these conclusions.  This article may be useful for the women's side of the argument, but I will need to do further research to find out the men's perspective on the issue.

Washington, Robert, and David Karen. "Sport and Society." Annual Review of Sociology, 27.1 (2001): 187.

This article is a sociological article for examining the issues of gender, as well as race, and class.  These issues are a very important part of the society.  These issues are also very important to notice in sport because things may effect the way a person thinks or makes decisions.  This article deals with not only race but a variety of different things that people discrimiate about and can be useful because it does not only focus on gender and we can maybe have a better idea of why people think the way they do when we see more issues.

Cooky, Cheryl, Faye Wachs, Michael Messner, and Shari Dworkin. "It's Not About the Game: Don Imus, Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Media." Sociology of Sport Journal, 27.2 (2010): 139-159.

This is a very good article for the question I currently have.  It is a sociological article that explains the image that women athletes currently have, and why men have more media coverage.  This article is biased towards the women's side, but I think for a good reason.  Women do not get as much media coverage as men, and that is the main issue I am trying to explore.

Comeau, Gina, and Anthony Church. "A Comparative Analysis of Women's Sport Advocacy Groups in Canada and the United States." Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 34.4 (2010): 457-474.

This article talks about the same issues of gender in sport, but I think this article is very useful because it is about Candian sports and not in America which puts more variety into my research.

Lemons, Mary, and Monica Parzinger. "Gender Schemas: A Cognitive Explanation of Discrimination of Women in Technology." Journal of Business and Psychology, 22.1 (2007): 91-98.

This is another article that deals specifically with women being discrimated against.  It deals with my question because women are being descrimated against in sports, and not the workplace but it is still the same issue that is being talked about.