Sports Sociology

            Hi guys! Today, I am going to be writing a little bit about sport sociology and I hope you guys enjoy this physical education’s branch. This discipline, also referred as sociology of sports, studies the function that sports have in the society we live in. Sport sociology have the purpose of studying the influences that sports can have at institutions like the churches, the schools, the commerce, the government and the media. This discipline emerged as a product of needs to practice physical activities in our society. It might not see important but this branch plays an essential role in the development of our community.

            There have been important studies within sport sociology. For example, gender is one of the most recognize topics in the sociology of sports. It is known for the gender inequality and the role that gender has played through the history of sports. If we go back in time, we can remember how women participation in sports was prohibited. They weren’t allowed to participate because sports were considered too masculine for them. Sport sociology is a branch of physical education that helped women to be seen equal as men in our community. This branch is one of the causes of why women are allowed to practice any other sport that men practice in the last decades. Another important area studied under sports of sociology is the media. Sports are watched all over the world on television. They have the ability to unite us and to create big impact to make us become a better society through them.
             This is a 3 minutes long preview of a documentary that talks about society through sports. I hope you guys find some interest on it.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLukHsR13mU

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