Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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.