[1]Girls also see a double standard in covering women's professional sports. When male athletes receive media attention, such coverage is primarily focused on their skilled performance and athletiscism, and how tough they can look to the public. When female athletes receive media attention, the media is much more likely to focus on their physical attractiveness or non-sport-related activities. Anna Kournikova, who has yet to win a professional tennis tournament, was one of only six women ranked among the most important people in sports because they paid more attention to her looks than athletic performance. This double standard devalues the athletic achievements of female athletes compared to their male counterparts. because media focuses just on the attractiveness element. With the topic of Anna being a white athlete, I decided to break down to another category based just off of my opinion, and asked, "How are African American athletes perceived in media?". Based on doing this, I can combine both race and gender barriers in sports and tackle them both. While on the topic of tennis, and African American athletes who are also female, the fist athletes that popped in my head were Venus and Serena Williams. As I knew that I am developing my focused knowledge, I still have to break it down to a specific sport over all of the sports in order to get a clear answer to my questions, so I decided to stick with tennis. Now that I know that m focused knowledge is going to be on the racial and gender broken down through Venus and Serena's story, I can move forward in my research process.
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