{"id":920,"date":"2022-03-24T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/further\/?p=920"},"modified":"2022-03-29T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:24:15","slug":"womens-sport-needs-an-assist-from-streaming-services-to-increase-viewership-%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/further\/2022\/03\/24\/womens-sport-needs-an-assist-from-streaming-services-to-increase-viewership-%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s sport needs an assist from streaming services to increase viewership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are too many documentaries about men\u2019s sport that repeat the same thing. Why haven\u2019t the stories of inspirational sportswomen made it to the screen? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the things we don\u2019t always question consciously but need to is why there aren\u2019t as many documentaries about women’s sport as there are about men’s. I was sitting with a friend and we were talking about sports documentaries. She turned to me and asked, \u201cDo you know any good ones about women?\u201d I paused. Both of us looked at each other, perplexed, and shook our heads in unison. The Price of Gold<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>which explores the rise of Olympic skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, popped into my head. Venus and Serena<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>about the Williams sisters, was another one. But how many of us can name a documentary about sportswomen right off the bat? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where are the women?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

If you Google anything along the lines of \u201cbest sports documentaries\u201d and click on any of the articles on the first two pages, you’ll find that they focus on men\u2019s sport \u2013 like this one<\/a> does. Additionally, most of the websites that list these documentaries will be catered to men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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