Will females ever achieve equal footing with their male sporting counterparts?

Whether or not females will ever achieve equal footing with their male sporting counterparts is a good question. The answer however I believe is yes. Back 50 years ago if you would have asked a random person if women would ever stand equal to men in society they most likely would have said no. That being said nowadays I consider women to be right there alongside their male counterparts in society. Women have the same opportunities as men when it comes to getting an education and a good paying job. Granted we still don’t have hardly any female CEO’s but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have the opportunity to receive one of these high profile positions. Now getting back to sports, because women have risen so high in society when it comes to being compared to men, it is entirely possible that women in sports will someday stand alongside men as well. The days of the man going out and bringing home the bacon while the wife stays home to cook, clean and take care of the kids are over. It still happens, but definitely not as often as say 20 years ago and probably will happen less often in the next 20. The male patriarchy is gone, the women have fought hard for equal rights, and they have won for the most part. There are still places where women struggle but in time it will most likely change too. We have seen in our readings how sports have followed society and adapted to societies needs, making this argument more believable. Society has allowed women to rise, therefore sports will allow women to rise as well. It may not be tomorrow but eventually women will have equal footing with their male sporting counterparts.