My infographic was one that hits very close to home. The fight for women in the work force is not equal and never has been, while women have had to fight for the right to even step out on the soccer field let alone be paid for it. Women’s marches and many other protests have occurred in order to call attention to the wage gap. Women are practicing and participating in as many hours as men are on the fields and on the courts, so why are they not being paid equally for their hard work. The viewers and fans want to watch women’s soccer as there have been many records of viewers broken in soccer history, but the women struggle to advertise as they are not being funded with nearly as much money as the men are. I have practiced with the Seattle Reign for many summers before I came to college and the environment that these girls are put in is no where near as nice as it should be. The story I am telling with my infographic is that while there has been some progress there is still work that needs to be done in order to push this movement further. The facts I put on my infographic were ones that stuck out to me when I first saw them. They were the facts that made me think about the numbers and how women could easily bring in as many viewers and fans as men, but are limited by the amount of money they have to work with. The highest paid female, while still earning 18.1 million dollars, is still way under the highest paid male at 285 million. The women also earns 18 million in endorsements and outside of the sport jobs. These are things she has to work for outside of the sport itself. The prize money that women earn is by far less than men.
I used Canva to make my infographic and enjoyed the freedom it allowed while still guiding me in a general theme. It allowed me to add pictures that fit the main theme and idea of what I was trying to portray. I feel as though my infographic has just enough information to get the reader interested in the topic that they are viewing. Infographics are often found in places where people will see something that catches their eye and I feel as though it is organized and easy to read. I actually enjoyed working on this and understand the importance of taking bigger and more important topics and dumbing them down for the reader. If someone comes across a big long article about women’s rights and it simply states a lot of boring facts and big words, they are less likely to read it than if they were looking at something with pictures and eye catching statements. In today’s world people always want the quick and easy way out of things and I feel as though infographics allow for them to get to the point quickly and without thinking too much on their own.
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