Women's Violence in Sports Response

I was shocked when I saw the video on the BYU vs. New Mexico soccer game, in which a New Mexico player injured a BYU Player. I don't play sports, so I don't constantly think about the aggression involved in them. I think this event may have gotten a lot of attention because women generally aren't attributed as aggressive, even though in many of the sports they play aggression a component of the game. Women in sports are portrayed as fragile, delicate, and beautiful, because people are more comfortable attributing traits such as violence and aggression with masculinity, as evidenced in the "Sex and Sports" art show and presentation by Robin Hextrom. Although, in this game, the player went beyond the limits of aggression and was violent. The amount of violence that the New Mexico player executed is unacceptable in any sport, for any gender. It bothered me that the player intentionally wanted to hurt the player on the other team. This lesson demonstrates that women's capacity for violence in sports should not be underestimated just because it is under reported. Aggression in sports should be recognized amongst both males and females as a component of the games.