It doesn't take a rocket scientists to know the differences between men and women. There are many differences, especially in the sports world. Men get the majority of the TV coverage, media coverage, and publicity. Women get the short end of the stick. I will start with the sports themselves. Women have almost as man sports as men do, but they do have less then the men do. Women get volleyball, WNBA, college basketball, and softball on national television, of those four, softball and volleyball are on only during their tournaments. Men get national television for all their major sports on a game by game basis. That is really messed up! I believe in fair media and television coverage! Why do women sports get less attention than men sports? I believe that they are not advertised as much as men sports do. Also, the market is not as big in women sports, as opposed to men sports. There should be a law passed, stating that women and men TV coverage should be equal on a yearly basis, of all sports combined. A way to get people attracted to women's sports would be to advertise, like the picture of Maria Sharapova to the left. That will get people's attention and get them to watch more women's sports. After all men advertise just like women do, like the picture to the right of Adrian Peterson. When it is all said and done, women and men sports should have equal everything, especially in the media.
In a perfect world, we would have equal coverage of men's and women's sports. I don't know what will bring that about, however, because it seems like there are a lot of forces that work against that. For one thing, there has always been much more coverage of men's than women's sports, and that reinforces peoples' interests. Then there are all the peripheral things that reinforce interest in men's sports--e.g., collectibles, fantasy leagues, gambling, etc. I think the biggest thing that makes a difference in coverage is the belief that females are inferior to males. I think it would help a lot if women could be judged on their own merits and not in comparison to skills that male athletes have.
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