Female Violence in Sports - Emmanuel Casillas

The fight that broke out in Providence, Rhode Island between the two girls soccer teams was an intense fight where there were punches thrown. It is interesting to note how the media reacts over a girls' fight but simply glazes over fights in masculine sports. As in hockey, men fight each other and referees allow the fight to go on for a time. It is seen as an important part of the sport. And the fans, rather than showing distress that a player might receive an injury goad them to go at it harder. In the girls' fight people rushed onto the field to stop the fight. It may be that because women are classified as gentle and fragile creatures that this fight had such an impact. When men fight, even in soccer, the fights are not emphasized as much. To see women fight is a rarity because of how social structures stress that they are not as aggressive as men. But people forget that women are as human as men and that anger is common to both.