Response to John's Blog - Wk 3

I think it is fairly obvious why males athletics dominate the media, just look at the audience. I think males watch far more sports programming, buy far more sports magazines, read the sports section far more than females do. I am an avid sports fan. There are some female events I will watch such as tennis, soccer and golf. I will not watch the WNBA, I find it boring in comparison to the NBA, for me it is the equivalent of watching minor league baseball.There have been a few occasions where female golfers have been invited to play in a tournament on the male tour. In both instances the female golfers, who were among the best on the female tour (Anika Sorenstam, Michele Wie)didn't make the cut in the men's tournament. (Tounaments are usually four days, after the second day players not within 10 shots of the lead are cut). I am not trying to be controversial; I am just providing my perspective as a frequent viewer of sports. I was surfing SI.Com the other day and they had two headlines about the Indy 500. Primary headline was something like Indy 500 full of crashes, secondary was Danica (Patrick, a female driver) finishes 22nd. Do you think if John Doe finished 22nd there would be a headline? So it is evident that the media does make an effort to highlight the performance of women.