Women in the NCAA
Women Referees in the National Collegiate Athletic AssociationEmbedded in our society is the ideal that women are subordinate to men and, therefore, are not entitled to the same rights as men. This attitude is not something new, but rather something that has trickled down from generation to generation, promoting the subordination of women. Women have fought and still continue to fight for equality in all aspects of life. Women still strive to gain acceptance among their male counterparts, when acceptance (equality) does not exist in the workplace. A few decades back, women were thought of as menial objects, only capable of holding "woman's work" or jobs within the home. Woman's work consisted of taking care of the home and family. More recently, society has learned to accept the fact that women can hold jobs outside of the home. Now those women that are in the workforce still continue to face discrimination as to the careers that they may hold. This is due in part to man's fear of woman taking his place in careers suitable for man in this society. Men do not want to see women flourish in a male-dominated arena, such as the workforce. That is why it is so important for women to strive for excellence in their quest for equality i
Currently, in the NCAA (MEAC conference, I-AA) there are 54 officials, one of whom is a woman, while in the lower divisions there are countless numbers of women officials and men officials (MEAC Sports. There is already enough pressure on women having to prove themselves worthy of working in a male dominated profession. Allowing women to officiate at the collegiate sports level should not change our attitudes about the sport. " Although, Canady has the qualifications to referee in the NCAA, the question still arises; would women understand the rules and the flow of the game any less than men? No, women can understand the rules and the flow of the game just as well as men. I agree that some situations will call for strict scrutiny when deciding how to handle theses situations, pertaining to women. There are males officiating in many female collegiate sports programs and nobody seems to be saying much about that? So why, should it be any different for women to penetrate a male-dominated profession? It should not be any different for women, but the fact remains that there is a double standard. As far as I am concerned, as long as man walks the Earth, he will never give credit to woman where credit is due. In my opinion, women have earned the right to be called collegiate football referees. ""They're ready to knock a man down on the ground, but if they push me, they say, 'I'm sorry. Slowly, but surly, we are making progress towards implementing more women referees into the NCAA, not because they are the minority, but on the basis of their abilities and qualifications.
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