Kungani Siziba Eminye Imidlalo Lapho Abasubathi Abesifazane Babusa Kuze Kube Ama-Olimpiki?

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Uma ucabanga ngabasubathi besifazane abebephethe umjikelezo wezindaba onyakeni odlule u-Rounda Rousey, amalungu eQembu Lebhola Lezinyawo Labesifazane laseMelika, uSerena Williams-ngeke uphike ukuthi asisekho isikhathi esijabulisayo sokuba ngowesifazane. ezemidlalo. Kodwa njengoba sibheke ku-2016, unyaka wama-Olympics ase-Rio, kunzima ukungazibuza ukuthi kungani abasubathi abathile besifazane manje baziwa emhlabeni jikelele. (Hlangana nabathemba lama-Olimpiki okudingeka ubalandele ku-Instagram.)

U-Simone Biles oneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ubudala ungumpetha womhlaba izikhathi ezintathu ku-gymnastics, kodwa kukangaki uzwa ngaye noma umbona? Futhi, ngalolo daba, ugcine nini ukubuka i-gymnastics? Kungabuzwa okufanayo naku-beach volleyball.

Ngesikhathi semidlalo yama-Olimpiki yaseLondon ka-2012, ukusakazwa bukhoma kweThimba USA okuwina igolide yokuzivocavoca kwakungeminye yemicimbi eyayibhekwe kakhulu, futhi phakathi kwabadlali abayishumi abachofoze kakhulu ku-NBCOlympics.com kwakungabadlali bezokuvocavoca umzimba uGabby Douglas noMcKayla Maroney nezinkanyezi ze-beach volleyball uMisty May-Treanor noJen Kessy.

Isidingo sikhona, kepha bakuphi laba bagijimi kanye nemidlalo yabo ngonyaka ongewona wama-Olimpiki? "Sibhajwe ogibeni lapho sigubha khona njalo eminyakeni emibili noma emine ngoba le midlalo yabesifazane yenza kahle kakhulu, kodwa bese iyawa," kusho uJudith McDonnell, PhD, uprofesa wezenhlalo kanye nomxhumanisi weSports Studies eBryant University.

Ingxenye yenkinga ingabangelwa ukwakheka kwezemidlalo uqobo. "Abanawo amapayipi omsebenzi ngendlela efana nebhola lezinyawo, i-basketball ne-baseball," kusho uMarie Hardin, PhD, umphathi weKholeji Yezokuxhumana e-Penn State University, ucwaningo lwakhe lugxile kwabesifazane kwabezindaba, ubuntatheli bezemidlalo, nesihloko IX.

Kepha, ngeshwa, inkinga ibuye ibuye ebulilini nokuthi sicabanga kanjani ngezemidlalo njengomphakathi.

"Isizathu sokuthi kungani singaboni ukuthi umdlalo ususelwa ekuthandweni kuhlobene nokuthi ngabesifazane abadlala lo mdlalo-sisaqhubeka nokuchaza ezemidlalo njengezabesilisa," kusho uHardin. "Siyakwamukela ezemidlalo zabesifazane kuma-Olympics ngezizathu ezimbili: Okokuqala, bamele i-US futhi uma abesifazane bemele izwe lethu siba nesithakazelo esikhulu ekulandeleni kwabo nokuba abalandeli. Okwesibili, imidlalo eminingi edumile ama-Olympics anezici zesifazane, ezinjengomusa noma ukuguquguquka, futhi sikhululeke kakhudlwana ukubuka abesifazane bewenza."

Noma ubheka imidlalo yabesifazane ebonakala kakhulu unyaka wonke njengethenisi, lezi zinkinga zisekhona. Thatha uSerena Williams. Ngonyaka wakhe oyindumezulu wokunqoba kwakhe enkundleni, ukumbozwa kukaWilliams kwahlukaniswa phakathi kwengxoxo yangempela ngomdlalo wakhe nokukhulunywa ngomzimba wakhe, abanye ababewubiza ngokuthi ngowesilisa.

Kukhona okuhlukile ekubambisweni kwabasubathi besifazane futhi ngeke kube kuhle ukusho ukuthi akubanga khona ukukhula eminyakeni edlule. I-espnW ikusungule ukuba khona kwezemidlalo yabesifazane online, ku-TV, nangeNgqungquthela Yonyaka Yabesifazane + Yezemidlalo selokhu yasungulwa ngo-2010. Futhi, njengoba umsunguli we-espnW uLaura Gentile, esho, ushintsho luthatha isikhathi: "Uma ubheka ukudlula Isihloko IX ngo-1972, kuthathe amashumi ambalwa eminyaka ukuthi izizukulwane eziningi zabantu zithinteke kuso. " (AbeZizwe bacabanga ukuthi siphila enkathini entsha yabasubathi besifazane.)

Ngakho-ke yini ongayenza ukuze ukhuthaze ushintsho olusheshayo futhi ubone izindawo zokuzivocavoca eziningi onyakeni ongewona owama-Olympic (okuthi, masibe ngokoqobo, sonke esikufunayo)?

"Khuluma uma ungaboni ukumbozwa ofuna ukukubona," kusho uHardin. "Abahleli kanye nabahleli kanye nabadidiyeli basemabhizinisini ukuthola izinhlamvu zamehlo. Uma bazi ukuthi balahlekelwa ngabalaleli ngoba abahlinzeki ngemidlalo eyanele yabesifazane bazophendula."

Unenhloso yakho uma ukhetha ukukwamukela. Sizokwenza kanjalo!

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