Celebration: Classless? or Necessary?

Just as race and class have created a rift within our society, sexism has been and continues to be an issue in the United States dating back to before the early 1900s all the way up to modern 2019. For much of U.S. history women have been seen as inferior to men being told that their role in society is to be a wife and a mother and to care for children, while men are supposed to be the "breadwinners" in the household. As women were forced to only hold the responsibility of wife and mother they were not guaranteed the same rights as men and over the past 50 years women's economic and political status has increased significantly, but they are still considerably held to certain standards and exceptions.

The U.S Women's Soccer Team represents the United States in international women's soccer, while also being the most successful in international women's soccer, winning three Women's World Cup titles, four Olympic gold medals, eight CONCACAF Gold Cups, and ten Algarve Cups, but even all of these accolades doesn't come without judgement. The women's team is going into their next World Cup Championship on Sunday July 7, 2019 and the media has brought to light the sexist scrutiny that has been forced upon them, including judgement of the way they celebrated their 13-0 win in their first tournament game against Thailand.

Many criticizers repeatedly used the word classless, ugly, and fumed that the women lacked grace and decorum, based on their previous assumptions of the way women should act. People even took to compliment one of the women's team members on how "pretty" she looked overlooking how well she played on the field but if it was Steph Curry out on the court people wouldn't criticize how he celebrated winning a championship or compliment his pretty hazel eyes, they would bombard him with compliments on how well and eagerly he tended to the ball and his great ball handling skills.

Sexism is still on the rise whether or not we choose to admit and the U.S. Women's Soccer Team, among other National Women's Teams deserve to receive the same gratification and applause that men's teams are alluded to when celebrating.