Gender Socialization in Sports

• Nearly 83% of American children participate in some type of extracurricular activities; of those, approximately 35 million children in the United States play sports. 
• Among the multitude of sports in this country, there is a definite segregation between sports dominated by males and females. 
• Sports that are typically dominated by males include hockey, football, boxing, and weightlifting.
• They allow males to demonstrate the physical prowess and psychological attributes that make them productive members of society. 
• In contrast to male dominated sports, there are also female dominated sports include dance, volleyball, figure skating and equestrian. 
• Female dominated sports tend to perpetuate the female ideals of grace, intelligence, and beauty while downplaying physical strength and aggression. 
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