Women in sports media:  

In terms of parity in the media, both male and female athletes have yet to achieve some form of equality.  In regards to media coverage,   women athletes are virtually invisible.  In 1993, only 5% of news reports concerning women’s sporting event were covered by the news media (Feminist Majority Foundation, 1995).  In the print media, the same unequal treatment is evident.  During a  study of four major newspaper chains, the Feminist Majority foundation found that female athletes  news coverage proved to be very meager—with only  5% of all sports coverage being devoted to women (Feminist Majority Foundation, 1995).   Women In broadcasting also faces discriminatory practices from the dominating male sports media world.  For example, in September 1990, a female sports reporter working for the Boston Herald claims the she was harassed in New England Patriots lock room.  Reporter, Lisa Olsen, reported that Patriots Tightend Zeke Mowatt exposed his privates while marking sexually suggestive remarks as other team members cheered on. Moreover, the sexual harassment of female sports reporters has a long history that is far from unique.  Female sports reporter Kristin Huckshom candidly expressed her incidents of lewd hazing from male athletes while working: A football player running a razor up another women’s leg. Female writers being hit with jockstraps while having obscenities yelled at them. Yet, however, these instances go unreported and no known regulatory or legal actions that have been taken towards male athlete’s misconduct. Olson, speaking out about her experiences, “female reporters routinely laugh off comments that should be reported.”  She later contends that “they accept treatment that should be fined.  They keep quiet, figuring silence is the price of admission for doing the job.”