Women and Sports

Bottom of the Ninth

Erica Blasberg, born July 14th, 1984, raised in Corona, California excelled at golf at a young age. Corona High, the high school she attended, even placed Erica on the boy’s golf team. At the University of Arizona, Erica received All American honors and NCAA Freshman of the Year honors before going pro in June 2004. On May 9, 2010, Erica Blasberg was found dead in her home in Nevada; police determined Erica took her own life. Her suicide note mentioned how lonely she became on the LPGA tour and how she felt the stress and pressure of playing a sport at a professional level. Stress dominated the life of professional athlete Erica Blasberg, but she is not the only one. Studies have shown that up to 47% of active women in sports are likely to experience stress inconvenience, which could spiral out of control into depression. It's time for society to stop overlooking this lingering problem in America. Erica Blasberg showcases only one in a long list of examples of why women and sports should not mix.

Before looking into the effects of women playing modern sports, one must research and understand the history of the relationship between women and sports. Women started participating in sports during the Victorian era. Even then, this debatable topic came up again and again. During this era, women started slowly being allowed to play sports but maybe the citizens of the Victorian era shouldn't have been making such large decisions as this one. After all, they did believe that if a woman had back pain, headache or any health problems, it became related to uterus problems. Women first started to play croquet, and everyone knows how popular croquet is in the twentieth century.

It proves to be plain irresponsible of our country to continue to let women be exposed to such a health risk as sports activity. Professional women athletes are constantly encountered with the dangers of professional sports, such as steroids and drug trafficking. Not to...