Historically, women in sports have not garnered the same respect as men, though they perform the same tasks and play the same games as most male athletes. Women have just recently started to become the forefront of athletics thanks to groundbreaking athletes like Caitlin Clark, Simone Biles and Ilona Maher, but women athletes still face unique obstacles in their profession from unequal pay to disparate appearance expectations.
It is widely known that appearance expectations for women are not the same as those for men. In the sports world, women are judged harshly on their appearance and, in some cases, aren’t allowed to compete if those expectations are not met.