Few ‘Rules’ In Sports That  Proves Women And Men Athletes Are Treated Differently

Blog By mariam | 03-09-18

Gender-bias and inequality are in the system which goes unnoticed!

Tennis Players Men And Women

Alize Cornet the French tennis player was recently handed code violation because she removed her shirt briefly as she had worn it back again. Male athletes do this all the time.

Before this incident, women tennis players were restricted from removing their tops on the tennis court. On the other hand, men had the full freedom to do because rules existed for them.

Alize Cornet came back to court after 10 minute heat break. Had her fresh shirt on back to front. Changed at back of court. Got a code violation. Unsportsmanlike conduct..... 😳
But the men can change shirts on court. https://t.co/sCN4KDXYTb
— judy murray (@JudyMurray) August 28, 2018

Women To Follow Rules

Serena Williams catsuit was also banned which only goes on to show that no matter what women perform to they are expected to follow few rules because their women.

Huge Pay Differences

The pay differences between men and women cricketers is so huge. There are times when a single male player was earning more than the entire women's team.

Men And Women Cricketers Pay

In the contract, BCCI for 2018 the women's team combined was earning less than a lone A-lister.

#BCCI new contract system (Women) 🇮🇳🏏
A (50 lakhs): M Raj, J Goswami, H Kaur, S Mandhana.
B (30 lakhs): P Yadav, V Krishnamurthy, R Gayakwad, E Bisht, S Pandey, D Sharma.
C (10 lakhs): M Joshi, A Patil, M Meshram, N Parveen, S Verma, P Raut, J Rodrigues, P Vastrakar, T Bhatia.
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) March 7, 2018

#BCCI new contract system 🇮🇳🏏
A+ (7 Cr.) - Kohli, Rohit, Dhawan, Bhuvi, Bumrah
A (5 Cr.) - Ashwin, Jadeja, Vijay, Pujara, Rahane, Dhoni, Saha
B (3 Cr.) - Rahul, Umesh, Kuldeep, Chahal, Pandya, Ishant, DK
C (1 Cr.) - K Jadhav, M Pandey, Axar, K Nair, Raina, Parthiv, J Yadav
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) March 7, 2018

Football World Cup Prize Money

In 2014- the prize money of the men's football World Cup was $35 million. One year later, the women's team- champions of the World Cup- got $2 million as cash prize. Inequality between men and women always happens.

Male And Female Swimmer

Only male swimmers are allowed to participate in the 1500 meters freestyle because for women it is exhausting. Women can participate in 800 meters. But women have always proved that female swimmer can swim for 1500 meter easily.