http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/stereotypical-media-representations-of-female-athletes-starts-early Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/stereotypical-media-representations-of-female-athletes-starts-early#comment-236 maggie Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:19:41 +0000 http://nicolemlavoi.com/?p=1591#comment-236 As stated during the lecture, many females in today's society accept the gender stereotypes and lack of media coverage as normal. The "normalcy" of this invisibility of women in sports media coverage is overwhelmingly daunting. To reverse the effects of traditional media, as well as the new-age social media would force women to further place themselves in a spotlight to be scrutinized, not only by the traditional schauvinistic male viewpoint, but even more ego-busting by other women. It is hard to get females to trust other females in authoritative power, when that is not what we were taught to expect. A white-male in a powersuit, a white-male in a track suit, or even a white-male in khakis and a t-shirt are taken more seriously than females in places of authority, even if they haven't proven any talent. So how can we get females to trust other females enough that even if women do create blogs, websites, or articles, that they will be taken seriously enough to make an impact? Women are too largely divided, that gender stereotypes continue to be perpetuated and suppression within jobs and society as a whole is subconsciously (and at this point, consciously) allowed. As stated during the lecture, many females in today’s society accept the gender stereotypes and lack of media coverage as normal. The “normalcy” of this invisibility of women in sports media coverage is overwhelmingly daunting. To reverse the effects of traditional media, as well as the new-age social media would force women to further place themselves in a spotlight to be scrutinized, not only by the traditional schauvinistic male viewpoint, but even more ego-busting by other women. It is hard to get females to trust other females in authoritative power, when that is not what we were taught to expect. A white-male in a powersuit, a white-male in a track suit, or even a white-male in khakis and a t-shirt are taken more seriously than females in places of authority, even if they haven’t proven any talent. So how can we get females to trust other females enough that even if women do create blogs, websites, or articles, that they will be taken seriously enough to make an impact? Women are too largely divided, that gender stereotypes continue to be perpetuated and suppression within jobs and society as a whole is subconsciously (and at this point, consciously) allowed.

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