Widespread media
is responsible for the popularity sports activities have enjoyed in recent times.
, nowadays, more and more media houses
sports involving male athletes more than they do those
female athletes.
essay will look at how a reason for
is the
's investment in patriarchal values, and
show that broadcasting stations should pay equal attention to sports by
sexes in order to stay relevant during the inevitable changing times pertaining to sexual bias.
Admittedly, there are several reasons for the predilection for male sports reportage by television stations.
, perhaps the most significant of these is that present day
is still largely patriarchal and people expect male dominance in almost everything, sports inclusive.
mindset and subtle expectation drive media houses to broadcast more male athletic activities than the female's.
, the Harvard university sociology review published, in the August 2018 edition of its biannual magazine, the
of a study by Professor Hereford Zambia, where media stations were asked why they broadcast the content they do. They reported that their media content is based on the expectations of viewers gotten from feedbacks which showed that most people expected male sports
as premier league football and boxing to be shown on television more than sporting events featuring women.
, the study concluded that
is still largely male-oriented and that
influences sport journalists in their
and broadcasts.
shows that a male-dominance driven
is responsible for the popularity male sports enjoy on the media, as compared to
by females.
, it is believed that media houses will do well to give equal attention to sports by
genders. If they do
, they will have the pleasure and opportunity of being at the forefront of a rapidly changing
pertaining to the roles expected of women. To illustrate, the British Broadcasting Corporation mounted a massive campaign for all-inclusive, non-gender biased sports
in 2018.
was contrary to what was in vogue at the time, but despite that being the case, the executive of the station continued its plan to
without gender favouritism,
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and female sports.
of
, they have been awarded and distinguished as the best TV station all over the world, and
is
evidenced
the recent World People Friendly Award given to the station three months ago, in acknowledgement of
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gender unbiased sport
.
example shows that times are changing, maybe slowly but definitely, and those who broadcast sports must do so without the parochial prejudice of sex in order to warm themselves into the hearts of viewers.
In conclusion,
presently expects everything to revolve around the male figure and
is primarily evidenced in sports
by media houses, things are changing, and those who have the work of reporting athletic activities will do well to
sexes' sporting events equally, and so stay relevant.