I am making this post in order to make up for the class I missed on 1-24-2013.
This article looks at the correlation between sports and political office. It brings the fact that 86 million people watched Superbowl XXXIX and only a mere 38.4 million people watched President Bush's State of the Union Address. People take sport so seriously that some people think it is sort of a religion. Many former players and stars of professional sports leagues are encouraged and sometimes do actually serve in Senate and Congress. Sports are seen a masculine and if someone that is in office or is running for office is associated with professional sports then they are seen in a higher regard. This article tried to say that sports keeps a standard of gender roles and hinders women from gaining advantages in society. If it is true that some people follow sports as a type of religion then I guess that this article has a very good point but I don't personally see any ways of stopping it form happening because generally women and men are completely different when it comes to physical stature and ability.
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