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

While watching sports channels on TV, there seems to be an obvious disproportion of males athletes versus female counterparts these days.

This

essay will discuss the cause of

this

unbalanced situation and

then

it will address whether broadcast authorities have a responsibility to reduce the inequality between the two genders.

To begin

with,

this

is mainly because male sports are more popular than those played by female athletes. There is an obsolete stereotype that physical activities are not for ladies, but for men.

Although

several competitive female sports are being reported

actively

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activities

acts

including rhythmic gymnastics and

figure

skating, plenty of sportswomen are often considered as outsiders in many fields

such

as football and swimming. In the case of women’s soccer in South Korea, only a couple of media outlets carried news about the national team even after they won the

first

prize. To move on to the

next

topic, it is necessary for stations

to put

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put

effort into equalizing the broadcasting hours of the two different sexes.

Thus

, society can supplement the lack of positive female role models who youngsters see

achieving

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achievement

in their work.

As a result

, future great sportswomen who show promise in their childhood would be nurtured.

For example

,

figure

skating used to be considered as an unattractive sport once in South Korea, but after the appearance of Yuna Kim, who was the best

figure

skater in the world, it has gained popularity to be the most

favored

preferred above all others and treated with partiality

favoured

winter Olympic sport in South Korea as well as a number of teenagers started to train to become

figure

skaters. To sum up, the imbalance of sports programs on TV is caused by the popularity of sportsmen. From my point of view, it is vital for television companies to transmit both male and female athletes with no partiality to promote the field of women’s exercise.