Another metanarrative that is through sports is the heros. Athletes such as Roger Federer (pictured), Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretzky are all considered sports royalty, and idolized by millions of people. Another example of a metanarrative is the idea of teamwork and working together to achieve victory. Being aware of these is important because they are central to not only sport, but our lives as well. Sport is something that brings people together, such as at the olympics, when the world comes together to compete against each other to win. For many of us, sport is central to our view of the world and other people. It produces role models, heroes and people we look up to, with the goal of becoming like them “when we grow up”. I know many of my childhood heroes were athletes such as the three I mentioned above. That being said, awareness of these assumptions is important as they are not always entirely accurate, and it is imperative to examine them on a deeper level to determine how to make them more accurate. I believe assumptions should not be held this central in our lives without being understood on a more complete level. Next, these assumptions, if better understood can lead to a better sporting environment, more ethical and a more fun time for everyone that is going to play and help them feel more comfortable while immersing themselves in sport.

Sports can shed light on a barrier to access to play sports. First and foremost, sport highlights financial barriers. There are many highly qualified athletes that are unable to play because they cannot afford it. As such, many organizations, such as jumpstart, by Canadian tire, or Tim Horton’s Camp day initiative. Through these organizations, which promote social justice are an intersection of sports and social justice. Next, many athletes, which are highly regarded socially, have many foundations and strong social influence, so because many of them are involved, people who regard them so highly are likely to follow in their footsteps and effect social change, improving socioeconomic equality within sport.

This picture shows a woman in a work uniform “saying we can do it!” This picture demonstrates women can work and is rallying others to join the fight for equal rights. This woman appears to be wearing a mechanic outfit, a job that is generally male-dominated. Feminism is an ongoing fight and always needs more people to get involved. Everyone that is able needs to get involved in it in order to give the movement more of a voice to protest against being overlooked and losing their rights, including the rights to make decisions about their own body.

Feminism is a movement that fights for equal rights for women compared to men. For centuries women have been oppressed, only being able to work and vote for the last century. Professional women’s sports have only truely existed for a limited time and because of the feminism movement, they recently become very popular. For instance the WNBA became much more popular over the last year with new first round picks Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have been amazing for the leagues publicity. Additionally, the PWHL had its inaugural season last year and has been selling out several games, and is planning to add new teams starting next year due to its success. To me, feminism is an idea that should not be required in that there should be no need for it to provide equal rights for all genders. The fact that this movement is required is very sad and should not be needed as it should be common knowledge that everyone, no matter their gender should have equal rights. An example is the pay gap, where women are paid less than men to do the same job, which is very wrong, as people doing the same job should be paid at the same rate.