Annika sorenstam. I will be talking to you about Annika Sorenstam and how she played in a male golf tournament.

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Annika Sorenstam

Good morning/ afternoon class and Mr Curran, today I will be talking to you about Annika Sorenstam and how she played in a male golf tournament. Annika Sorestam is a professional golfer that was born in Sweden on October 9 1970. She won 90 international tournaments as a pro and tops the LPGA’s career money list with over 22million dollars worth of money. Annika Sorenstam made history at the bank of America colonial tournament in 2003 as the first women to ever play in a men’s PGA tour since 1945. But the male golfers did not like this. Annika Sorenstam’s goal was to try and break the behaviour of the men towards the women and their sports. I think it was good for Annika Sorenstam to play in a male golf tournament and I’m going to explain why today.

Socialisation is the process by which individuals learn what is acceptable in their society. It includes learning cultural attitudes, values and roles. In media today 98% of sport on TV is male and only 2% of it is female. This is unfair for women that like playing sport and like watching sport. When Annika Sorenstam entered the male golf tournament a lot of people found out about it then started watching more female sports. Female sports on TV then went up to 8% and men went down to 92%. In society today if women play sport they are called tomboys, which is dumb. Anyone can play sport if they want. Women shouldn’t get called names for something that keeps them fit and healthy. This is putting out to women that they shouldn’t play sport because sport is only for men and men are the best at every single sport.

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Hegemonic masculinity is the relationship between different groups where one group dominates over the others. Sport occupies a significant role in the socialisation of young boys. It is seen to help develop power, leadership, control, forcefulness, male solidarity and physical skill. These qualities together are called ‘hegemonic masculinity. A lot of people say only males should play certain sports like AFL and Rugby because they are more hegemonic. Then people say the sports that only girls should play are Netball and Soccer. Sport is made for anyone at anytime. It doesn’t matter what gender plays what. Most often males ...

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