This week I am going to talk about a woman who is a soccer standout from brazil, her name is Marta. Over recent years international women sports have become very popular and now there are some international women who are recognizable. Marta, was one of the first women international soccer players because she is so dangerous on the field. Her being dominant on the field only helped women athletes around the world grain attention. When you think of the most famous women athletes they are all Americans this is because of title 9 and how hard America fought for women athletes' rights. Now you are starting to see international women start to gain attention and rights in the sports world because of how America leed the way. Marta, was one of the first names to become recognized internationally because of how she performed in the world cup. Her performance on the field only helped her Brazilian teammates also gain attention and hopefully bright awareness of how important women's sports and athletes are around the world.
When you think of the word position and sports you probably think about a pitcher, goalkeeper, or a quarterback. Many women and men play other positions off the field as well but particularly women athletes that are attractive play a different position than ones that are classified as "less attractive" by whoever classifies them. Let's take Alex Morgan, for example, she is a phenomenal soccer player who plays for the US women's national team. You probably have seen her face on many promotional ads as well as other brands outside of soccer brands not because she is the best female soccer player some might argue there are better ones but because she is "the most attractive". Most companies running ads targeted toward people who are fans of sports pick the most attractive women to be on their ads because they know men like to look at attractive women so then it makes them more likely to buy the product they are advertising. This happens with women athletes acro...
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