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jackofallgeeks) wrote2008-07-11 12:32 pm
jackofallgeeks) wrote2008-07-11 12:32 pm
Girls Can't Play Football; Try Cheerleading Instead.
So I'm no great apologist for gender equality* (quite the opposite in some
cases), but This
story kind of makes me upset. A 10-year old girl in Cleveland wasn't
allowed to join a local football league because she's a girl. (She later
successfully joined another league across town.) But what really gets me is
that, after saying the bylaws from 1971 barred girls from joining, the
president of the league suggested she try out for cheerleading instead.
That's just insulting, if you ask me.
(*Equality here means 'sameness'; the discussion about what equality means
and how equal the genders are or should be is for another time.)
cases), but This
story kind of makes me upset. A 10-year old girl in Cleveland wasn't
allowed to join a local football league because she's a girl. (She later
successfully joined another league across town.) But what really gets me is
that, after saying the bylaws from 1971 barred girls from joining, the
president of the league suggested she try out for cheerleading instead.
That's just insulting, if you ask me.
(*Equality here means 'sameness'; the discussion about what equality means
and how equal the genders are or should be is for another time.)