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SPIRIT OF INQUIRY
pay gap. Fran’s EPQ focus, ‘The Impact of
including the 2022 Amazon Prime
Sexism and Racism in Female Sport’, also
rugby documentary ‘No Women No Try’,
included an extensive case study on the
alongside the Oscar Nominated 2021
life of tennis hero Serena Williams.
昀椀lm ‘King Richard’ which follows the
childhood of Serena Williams. Broadening
“This is still a very taboo topic, with many
out her research, Fran uncovered the
girls still experiencing sexism, racism and
extent of the gender pay gap within the
gender bias from the very start of learning
national cricketing tournament, ‘The
a sport all the way through to top level
Hundred’. Her research found that the
competing in today’s world,” says Fran.
wage of the highest paid female cricketer,
Tammy Beaumont, was the equivalent
“Many don’t realise what athletes go
of the lowest level paid male cricketer
through and the magnitude of prejudice
competing at the same tournament.
they experience – for someone like Serena
who grew up in poor areas of Compton
Fran also discovered the lack of promotion
to then achieve what she has now is
and media coverage on women’s sport,
extraordinary.”
demonstrating how many sport news
outlets focused solely on male teams.
As a passionate PE pupil and talented
hockey player at the College, Fran cited
“There was only one article I found during
many video sources for her research,
my newspaper research which mentioned
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