In the 1950s, women were confined to play 'refined' sport like croquet and tennis, since it was the traditional etiquette and a dominant masculine culture. Women's results were often reported int eh social pages of newspaper, rather than in the news sections like most of the other 'men/' sport were. Women themselves generally considered their participation to be a recreational pursuit rather than a serious, competitive one.While women were gradually accepted into almost all kinds of sport, history has shown that they would continue to struggle to achieve true sporting equality with men, particularly in the areas of funding and media coverage.According to some critics, this discrimination and marginalisation of certain groups within sport goes against fundamental Australian values like egalitarianism, or equality for all.