Today, TV channels provide men’s sport shows more than women’s sport shows. Why? Should TV channels give equal time for women’s sport and men’s sport?

Over the years, gender equality on

Television-

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Sports

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sports

networks

have

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been imbalanced. I believe

this

trend has its own reasons;

however

, I strongly believe that female

athletics

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athletes

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should be given more broadcasting time.

Although

gender equality has come a long way, including UNESCO’s recognition of sport and physical activities as a human right in 1978,

the

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gender equality in

sports

still has not come far enough, especially in TV productions. In my opinion, there are two main reasons leading to

this

issue. First of all,

male’s

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male

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sports

always get more attention from the audience;

therefore

, TV producers have a wider strategy to display men’s games on their channels.

Accordingly

, these programs earned more media coverage and sponsorship dollars.

Secondly

, some people have an argument that “

women’s

sports

are not interesting enough.” Even though the popularity of

women’s

sports

is growing, some still believe that “No matter how toughened a sportswoman may be, her organism is not cut out to sustain certain shocks.” Take

last

July’s

Women’s

World Cup soccer final

for example

. It was the most watched soccer

matches

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—men’s or

women’s

—EVER in the US with nearly 25.4 million viewers. Yet the players were far less compensated than their male counterparts

However

, I would like to mention two reasons why we should give more attention towards

women’s

sport show

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sports shows

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.

Firstly

, the more women figures playing

sports

, the more female audiences get inspired and practice exercises regularly. It could

bring

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a long-term effect on

women’s

health and contribute to a healthy lifestyle in the community.

Secondly

, everyone should be given the same

chances

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to be whatever they want to be. There should be no disparity in

sports

, nor in the workplace, nor in life. Genders should not be the thing to

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us or

inhibit

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inhibits

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us from performing our talents. In conclusion, the dominance of men’s athletics on television has been economically beneficial for the show producers and well-fulfilled the demand of the mass viewers.

Thus

, for the long-term development of a healthy lifestyle and equal

right

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for both genders, the producers need to arrange a

balance

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broadcasting schedule for both genders.