References to and Discussions About Hayley Wickenheiser, Arguably the Best

question 5

Multiple Choice

References to and discussions about Hayley Wickenheiser, arguably the best female hockey player in history, is often accompanied by some mention of her son and parenting responsibilities. What would a sociologist of sport argue this demonstrates?

• A) That female athletes are being treated more and more equally by the media.
• B) That male athletes are unfairly not discussed in terms of their parenting skills.
• C) This imposes a heteronormative frame over narratives that might otherwise threaten conventional assumptions about sex and gender.
• D) This frames a woman's life in the only terms that the public can understand while, simultaneously, creating for women an athletic persona.

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