I agreeable dislike how with every smart or talented woman athlete, they are always standing beside their husband. I do not like that woman athletes are still being pushed behind and can’t even being recognized for their own talent. A perfect example is Misty May-Treanor. All time Olympian for beach volleyball with partner Kerry Walsh. Coming locally from Cal State Long Beach, it is always great to watch them in the sand dominate match after match. These two ladies train year round to hold up their title which is not easy to do considering teams like China trying to take their spot. What really upsets me about the media is that they take that focus away from them. As we all know and constantly hear, Misty May is now married to Matt Treanor where she decided to take his last name. Her husband is also a professional baseball athlete for the Los Angeles Dodgers. We can also agree that he is not the MVP of the team but nevertheless, as soon as Misty May-Treanor and Kerry Walsh once again take the gold medal for 2012 the reporters ask what would her husband and the Los Angeles Dodgers think?? That really bothers me because it’s not about her husband or his team. It is her moment to shine and what’s going through her mind. It is the media that need to shift to give equality with women and it is up to the viewers to let the media know.
Michelle Barrera
T/Th 9:30am-10:45am
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Michele, I can't agree with you more! The world of sports has always been more popularized in the male category no matter how good a female can be. I can only imagine how hard that can be for a professional female athlete. However, I don't think that isn't even in their priority anymore to expect spotlight on them because we grew up in a society where its more natural for males to be the leading "man" in whatever sports. The mens will always have more audience (professional league of course) and has always gotten the majority vote of them beating out the females.
I think personally it is good that Title IX has been established where at least females have the right to play in sports rather than back then when they couldn't. However, the use of seeing it being televised and promoted more in the media, its going to have to take more time for the females to slowly rise to the top just as equally to mens.
Judy Kwan
Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:45am
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I totally agree with you, I don’t think is relevant to the topic what her husband think and the whole interview should be about her. It is the time of her life and the media should focus on her instead of diverting the attention to a male athlete, but that is one of the strategies used by media to maintain a patriarchal ideology proceeded by oppression and control of what we see, what we think and what we should consider the right way of living. I wonder if students in the communications major are required to take a class where they can learn the existing role of the media in society and its influence in the preservation of such ideology.
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