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laundry_queen

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8. I know what you are saying

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 07:50 PM

Sep 2013

It's like how ringette became the substitute for girl's hockey when I was a kid. I wanted to play hockey SO bad, but instead the town set up ringette for the girls. My mom registered me even though I didn't want ringette, I wanted hockey! It was cancelled because of lack of participation, and all the girls I knew that wanted to play hockey ended up playing on boys teams (which my parents wouldn't allow for me).

Thankfully now there's hockey for women all over Canada (and the US). It's about time. There's ringette too, but at least now girls can choose. I'm guessing even though softball is its own game, that in times past it was set up for girls. It is time to end the divide in sports, imo.

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It is time for women to stop playing softball [View all] jmowreader Sep 2013 OP

Plenty of men play softball too (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #1

Yes they do. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #9

They can play ultimate frisbee. SheilaT Sep 2013 #2

? Women play baseball ismnotwasm Sep 2013 #3

Um...It's a different game. Should men stop with NASCAR because there's F1? (Well, yes, but.) WinkyDink Sep 2013 #4

You can run F1 and NASCAR on the same track jmowreader Sep 2013 #10

Actually, you can't. The tracks are completely different. DanTex Sep 2013 #12

Not even. MineralMan Sep 2013 #14

Another Nascar track Go Vols Sep 2013 #20

Don't forget Sonoma Baclava Sep 2013 #22

Or Road America, where Nationwide runs jmowreader Sep 2013 #23

That used to run F1 A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #27

:) Go Vols Sep 2013 #28

I don't want to play either one. Quantess Sep 2013 #5

as in A League Of Their Own? B Calm Sep 2013 #6

The only time I saw softball was in sexist gym courses in junior high Warpy Sep 2013 #26

It's time for people to stop wearing sandals with socks. Dash87 Sep 2013 #7

I know what you are saying laundry_queen Sep 2013 #8

I have never heard of ringette... Bay Boy Sep 2013 #11

This should be good enough laundry_queen Sep 2013 #13

I thought that divide was ended a long time ago hfojvt Sep 2013 #17

Well, I was a kid in the 80's laundry_queen Sep 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author laundry_queen Sep 2013 #21

That's some serious nonsense. JoePhilly Sep 2013 #15

I agree. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2013 #16

Maybe in their own league, but I just don't see them competing with men. badtoworse Sep 2013 #19

my daughter played baseball when she was little. When she hit the age where she would be liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #24

What's wrong with softball? cyberswede Sep 2013 #25