Entry Posted August 28, 2004

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,
,1275047,00.html Researcher wonders why there’s less coverage of women’s sport than men’s, even when participation rates are taken into account. I don’t know that participation rates are really the right point of comparison here. Why do flyweight boxers get much less media attention than heavyweights? Junior soccer teams less than senior? The drivers of Formula 3 cars get less than those of Formula 1? The sport-loving public seems to have a preference for the strongest, fastest, highest irrespective of age, weight and height. To some extent, the public is probably equally disinterested in a participant’s sex. 04:18