In an article on the internet, some cheerleaders from a high school in Connecticut were protesting their too skimpy uniforms. The uniforms bared their midriffs and had to use very short shorts. The girls from Connecticut said they were embarrassed to stand in front of fellow students and parents when they cheered. The uniforms are not within school dress code, yet they wear them at school outings.
This has everything to do with gender roles and social constructs. As girls, cheerleaders are supposed to look “hot” as they perform, even if it is not dress code. These girls are going against the gender norms, unlike another team in Florida who protested to wear basically only bras as they cheered on teams. It is possible to say however, that the Connecticut girls are still following gender norms by trying to be feminine wholesome athletes, while the Florida team follows the norms of objectifying women as only sexual beings. Which is in the right? There is no right answer until the school districts step in and draw a clear line. The constructions of school dress code and sporting attire need to both coincide with each other. In conclusion girls are allowed to dress according to social constructs and gender norms even though it goes against school policy, making sport more important than actual morals.
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As a collegiate athlete I have also noticed the social constructions of being a woman and an athlete. As I perform in water polo, I am supposed to be competitive and hard working and yet society says that inside and outside of the pool I need to associate my gender roles, which is totally impossible to do. There is no way for me to be aggressive in the pool and then also be feminine at the same time. I feel that this happens to every female athlete that competes. I think that this is why many people do not support female athletics because women try to be feminine and aggressive at the same time. However fans want to see sexy women playing the sports without being aggressive and it just does not work out that way. So I think that if society would just accept that women compete in sports because we enjoy it and don’t need to be feminine at the same time. Then gender roles should not be applied, and that would make life that much easier for women.
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