There's been a shift in the culture of American sports: one in which women are moving from demanding equality to expecting it. SuperBowl
Katie Sowers will be the first woman to assistant-coach during the Super Bowl in the history of the NFL this year—but let’s not say that 2020 is a “year of sports firsts” for women. That sounds too cliché and cringe-worthy. It seems each year, women are promised that it will be theirs—as if we asked for one, when what we really need is to be continuously and fairly represented all of time.
Sowers is emblematic of America’s cultural shift in sports: one in which women are moving from demanding equality to expecting it. For children watching the Super Bowl at home, seeing only men coach feeds the assumption women do not coach football. The same goes with watching who plays the sport.
The sexism is at its most permeating considering several teams opt to have cheerleaders and only a few have been men , whereas women’s sports do not have a cheerleading squad. Children are perceptible beings, and it is perceptible through NFL cheerleading that these dancer’s roles are as supporters—as eye-candy, really—and not as competitive.to help diversify the league with hiring women. Four years later, Sowers will be the first woman to coach an NFL team during the Super Bowl.
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