Have you ever tried doing the week’s competition?

Honestly, it is exciting and amazing. Sadly, there is a negative side of it. There are many unfair gender-based stereotypes concerning the interests and attitudes of adolescence. I can reliably report some of these common stereotypes and challenges by explaining why they are untrue and unfair.

First, there is a discrimination between teenagers. Many people think that the boys are faster and stronger than girls. It is not completely true. Some women can be much more physically active.

One of gender-based challenges is that peers, parents, teachers and coaches play a great role in adolescence stereotyping. They can convince girls to be less interested in sports. Also sometimes males and females have different fees and might have different coaches and staff to support them to become stronger and fitter. As far as I am concerned with this topic, I would encourage everyone to not believe these common stereotypes. It is not right to argue that men are able to do more exercises for one workout. It all depends on a person’s physical abilities.

To sum up, people with gender stereotypes aren’t always conscious and often introduce overly simplistic generalizations. We are challenging gander stereotypes more but as our research shows they still exist especially around types of sports. What can be done in order to fight these? If girls can get past these challenges, they are more likely to become more active in a range of sports. I believe people will use their common sense to get rid of common stereotypes.

Author: Anastasia Zorko

Form: 10B

Teacher: Rybalka N.V.