I never paid much attention to Title IX mostly because I never knew about in until I stated college. I never paid much attention on discrimination that happens within sports. I knew about gender discrimination and how females receive less attention in sports in general than men do, but not within athletes with disabilities. I was reading ch12 in the text on the "Breaking Barriers" page 426 i found it interesting how media portraits disability sport by certain categories. They don't acknowledge such sports. On Page 426 it says " ...re-presentations often fall into one of the following categories:
Patronizing:
"aren't they marvelous!! Tragedy:
"do you think she can really do that?" Inspiration:
"she's a true hero and a model for all of us" Mystification:
"I cant believe he just did that" Pitty:
"give her a hand for trying so hard" Surprise:
"stay tuned to see physical feats you've never imagined"To me that would be somewhat demeaning. I think that any sport whether with disability or not its the same. saying such things can be stereotypical.
