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nolabear

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11. I despise the way women are looked down on in sports.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:17 PM

Nov 2019

I hate to use a cliche but patriarchal culture only sees the male standard as being worthwhile. Women accomplish phenomenal things in so many sports but hey, they’re not bigger, faster, stronger, thinner, etc. than men so they’re patted on the head or, like this woman, destroyed by a world who has no knowledge or desire to know about the miracles of nature we are.

Medicine STILL has a male standard in so many areas. It’s astounding.

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NYT: I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike [View all] Mike 03 Nov 2019 OP

Starve an athlete, and you get broken athletes. Aristus Nov 2019 #1

Thanks for mentioning ballet. That's another great example. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #7

Salazar has been banned from the sport for giving drugs to his athletes. Poiuyt Nov 2019 #2

such a disappointment.. i remember when he won boston.... pangaia Nov 2019 #16

So true crimycarny Nov 2019 #3

That's a really good way to handle this, if weight is an issue. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #8

I was in a sorority in college. xmas74 Nov 2019 #21

Glad they had a more sensible approach. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #29

BMI is garbage. a la izquierda Nov 2019 #19

BMI was supposed to be a "short cut" to body fat percentages... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #26

"Instead of becoming a symbol of girls' unlimited potential in sports" ronnie624 Nov 2019 #4

I've read about this sort of thing happening in women's cycling as well. It seems bullwinkle428 Nov 2019 #5

Cycling is an excellent example to raise. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #9

All this time I thought gymnastics was the real "girl breaker" Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #12

She should have a winner of a lawsuit? Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #6

I was thinking about this too. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #10

I despise the way women are looked down on in sports. nolabear Nov 2019 #11

Dumb question, but.. Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #13

Because Salazar's "team" was the creme de la creme obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #18

It's not a dumb question. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #25

The same coach coached Jordan Hasay and Shannon Rowbury mathematic Nov 2019 #14

He also almost destroyed Kara Goucher's career obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #20

Fair point. Female coaching has come a long ways in general but it's right to call out Mike 03 Nov 2019 #27

Don't these top athletes usually eat lots food to make up for the amount of calories they burn Sapient Donkey Nov 2019 #15

I was a king Crab fisherman in my twenties SonofDonald Nov 2019 #17

They should market that job as a fitness service. Sapient Donkey Nov 2019 #22

It's called SonofDonald Nov 2019 #28

That's how it's supposed to work but if you begin to cut calories, especially Mike 03 Nov 2019 #23

You have to wonder something: Mike 03 Nov 2019 #24