Cover of the textbook Identity A2 to B1

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Trending Topics 11 for the textbook Identity A2 to B1 with authors Carla Leonard from Oxford University Press

Question

Read the text again and answer the questions.

Answer

  1. Volleyball, tennis, and surfing are mentioned in the text as sports where both male and female champions receive the same prize money in major tournaments.
  2. The text highlights a significant gender pay gap in football (soccer), specifically mentioning that the USA's women's football team received considerably less prize money than men's teams in the FIFA Men's World Cup.
  3. The US women's football team has won three World Cups and four Olympic Championships, as stated in the text.
  4. The 2015 Women's World Cup, where the US women's team became World Champions, was mentioned in the text as one of the most watched football matches ever in the USA, with a record-breaking 750 million viewers.
  5. The US men's team finished in eleventh place in the 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup, as per the information provided in the text.
  6. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, according to the text.
  7. As per the text, five members of the US women's football team are taking legal action against their employer, US Soccer, to address the gender pay gap and fight for equal pay.
  8. The text mentions two reasons given by people to explain the gender pay gap in sport: 1) Some argue that women earn less because their matches aren't as popular, leading to lower revenues from ticket sales, television, advertising, and sponsorships. 2) Others claim that female athletes don't work as hard as male athletes, but the text counters this by presenting scientific evidence suggesting that, in some cases, female athletes may exert more effort than their male counterparts.