I’m sure many of you have seen the Sydney Sweeney sports gambling ad. When I saw this ad for the first time, it got me thinking about gender roles in society and a lot of topics discussed in our class.

It’s more marketable to have a topless woman holding footballs saying she knows sports rather than showing a female athlete. The line “You think you know sports? Prove it” felt like a this is how we get men to gamble. This is the only way women in sports could be appealing to men.