{"id":220,"date":"2022-02-02T18:57:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=220"},"modified":"2022-02-02T19:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:03:10","slug":"blog-post-3-play-it-good-play-it-wild-sports-and-gender-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/02\/02\/blog-post-3-play-it-good-play-it-wild-sports-and-gender-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 3: Play It Good, Play It Wild: Sports and Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Basketball is a team sport composed of two teams, with 5 players each. It is played in a court and the goal is to defend your hoop while trying to shoot in the opponent\u2019s hoop. These rules apply to both women\u2019s basketball and men\u2019s basketball. However, in women\u2019s basketball, there are some differences. For example, the size of the women\u2019s basketball is one inch smaller than the men\u2019s basketball. The reason for this is because women\u2019s hands are generally smaller than men and having a smaller ball is easier. Another difference is that the women\u2019s three-point line is closer to the basket than men\u2019s. In most games, men tend to score more and are typically taller, so the three-point line is farther. Both women\u2019s basketball and men\u2019s basketball have been around for the same time. However, men\u2019s basketball, or specially, the NBA, has grown to become more popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In both of these videos, we can see the intensity between the teams. I decided to show both men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball to show the difference. Although the sport is played the same in both genders, they have different gender dynamics. Men\u2019s basketball is more popular and is considered to be better than women\u2019s. To add, players are more violent and creative. Watching the two games, the audience can tell the difference in skill and technique. Men are able to dunk more than women and typically score more. They also learn more ball skills and tricks and display it during games. Violent outburst does happen in women\u2019s basketball but is more common in men\u2019s. They can get aggressive and serious during a game and show more intensity. Both genders are able to play basketball, but men\u2019s basketball acquires more audience and fame. Typically, basketball isn\u2019t seemed as a \u201cwild\u201d sport, but men\u2019s basketball is more aggressive and intense and can sometimes be viewed as such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"PHOENIX MERCURY vs. CHICAGO SKY | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | October 17, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PuOVSBL7-Lg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Top 100 NBA Plays of 2021 \ud83d\udd25\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hu146YAYAgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaileen Gutierrez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball is a team sport composed of two teams, with 5 players each. It is played in a court and the goal is to defend your hoop while trying to shoot in the opponent\u2019s hoop. These rules apply to both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/02\/02\/blog-post-3-play-it-good-play-it-wild-sports-and-gender-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welcome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}