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Girls on Boys Team (pg. 9)
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| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
I just wanted to go back to this first post of yours.
My Nan used to play hockey & played a few games with male teams but they got fed up when she was as good as they were, so used the fact her dad worked building railways as a way of excluding her through class. At school we had a mixed hockey team, I was on it & I had no problem playing with or against girls, at the end of the day there is only a minority who want to play amongst the men usually, a lot at that level aren't good, but the same can be said for boys. We played a fair few games & won a lot & had a good time, allbeit with seperate changing rooms :(
My cousin who's now 18 has been playing on a mens hockey team since he was 14, simply because he inherited my nan's ability & was too good for the kids, he's played for the county & so on & has a great time doing it, it's really helped him to become more of a man, but I don't know at what level you stop allowing women in. If they're willing to take all the bumps, bruises etc, then I see no problem for them to try (and if they're not as good, they at least tried) I just feel that in sports many guys get uptight simply because they don't want to be seen to be inferior to a girl. get over it, if she's as good, so what, women do some great things for men, vice versa |
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| dj_alfi |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
when i saw the title i thought it was going to be about lesbianism :conf: |
everybody knows there are no straight female athletes in typical male sports [/dj_alfi humour] |
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| colonelcrisp |
| quote: | Originally posted by Danny Ocean
any females that have ever discovered or invented something scientifically? i can't think of one right now...
i.e Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Isaac Newton, Leonardo Da Vinci, etc..any females in that tier? |
marie currie? discovered radioactivity. but published her findings under her husbands name because educated women of the time were deemed unladylike |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by colonelcrisp
because educated women of the time were deemed unladylike |
not as unladylike as glowing in the dark ;) |
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| colonelcrisp |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
not as unladylike as glowing in the dark ;) |
lol true dat..... |
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| Theresa |
Ok, so now that I have gotten some time to sleep, and I am able to think a little more clearly, I figured I might revisit this a little.
On the typical average, men are usually bigger and stronger than women. That isn't too hard to figure out seeing as that is the natural genetic make up of the two.
My point however, was that if women try, they are equally capable of reaching the same physical standards as any man, and are able to compete at the same level.
Statistics show that for every professional male athlete there are 95 to every one woman, according to a 1998 study. Given this sample size, and the apparent disadvantages already pointed out in regard to training etc., it is hardly fair to only consider "records" of men vs. women. Right now, that is pretty much irrelevant information seeing as the sample sizes are biased, and are likely giving a skewed representation.
With that considered, the women who have gone through have shown that they can come nose to nose with the best of men. Perhaps they haven't "won the records", but they certainly were competition.
Now if you want to get into the general population currently, with what we know, a study done in 2004 shows that obesity was present in 59.2% of the men and in 43.9% of the women. That means that 15.3% more men than women are overweight, and unhealthy. Source
This doesn't technically show physical strength, but it can be assumed that one who is overweight will not be at their physical best. Currently, I am willing to bet that on average, there are more women who are physically fit than men in the U.S.
Anyway, in the end, it all comes down to the individuals. I suppose I was most unpleased with the semantics; inferior and superior really aren't the appropriate words to describe the differences between men and women, and do nothing but wedge an inauspicious word between the genders. |
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| jonSun |
| The United States govt ed up back in 1920 when they let women vote. :wtf: |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
The United States govt ed up back in 1920 when they let women vote. :wtf: |
Yea, they should have let them vote far long before then. |
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| jonSun |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Yea, they should have let them vote far long before then. |
But only to vote if they were barefoot & preggers. :wtf: |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
not as unladylike as glowing in the dark ;) |
aaaand then died of radiation poisoning |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
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im trying to understand your argument. are you saying that women that have never been athletes, because of their upbringing, could be the women to break the mens records? |
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