Whether a woman is gay or straight, homophobia in sports is a way for society to control her. Society discourages females to involve themselves in any contact sports in fear of them being regarded to as homosexual. The female athletes in so-called "masculine" sports are quickly judged to be abnormal; because they are in a sport society considers masculine people assume something is wrong with them. Concentrating on sexual orientation contradicts women's rights in sports. …showed first 75 words of 912 total…

…showed last 75 words of 912 total…lesbian to be one more reason to deny them a job. In the end, I realized that we have come a long way and many changes have occurred when it comes to homosexuals being accepted. There are many athletes who are gay or lesbian. Of course there are many people who will single them out because of their sexual orientation but there will be more people who will be there for them and support them.