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Abstract

Sports are becoming increasingly important in Pakistani culture, with athletes fromboth genders taking interest with different perspectives in sports. This study aims toidentify gender differences in attitudes and opinions about women and men athletesbased on their socio-demographic profiles. The cross-sectional survey was carried outcentered on quantitative research design, self-constructed and semi-structuredquestionnaire. Data was collected via Google form, from 360 participants with agerange of above 18 years, selected through convenient sampling technique. Data wasanalyzed through SPSS analysis of Independent sample T-test and descriptive statistics.The findings showed notably different gender opinions due to biasness, when it cameto the participation and opportunities of both athletes in sports. Moreover, few of themale respondents disagreed to almost all the statements that supported femaleathletes’ participation in anyway. Female and male participants’ stance showed thatthere is a lack of media coverage for female athletes, gender discrimination, culturalbarriers and more hurdles in the journey of women athletes as compared to menathletes.