Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: angry

Let the Sexists Forfeit

In order to keep a girl from playing football, two opposing teams threatened to forfeit if she was allowed to play.  There's a petition against this. 

Better idea?  Don't give in to the fucking sexists by benching girls.  LET THEM FORFEIT.  If all the schools with mixed-sex sports teams did this, the sexists would either have to play them, or substantially get shut out of sports.  Catering to that kind of nonsense is utterly unacceptable.
Tags: activism, education, entertainment, gender studies
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ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

January 17 2012, 17:59:15 UTC 9 years ago

>>The difficulty is that it deprives players of experience,
and this adversely impacts their future.<<

So it does. And that penalty should fall on the sexists, not on the girls. Their prejudice should cost them something. They shouldn't fob off the cost on other people.
janetmiles

Re: Yes...

janetmiles

January 17 2012, 18:22:56 UTC 9 years ago

I may be misreading, but I think msstacy13's point is that if the team on which the girl plays accepts the other team's forfeit, *their own* athletes are also penalized by not having the experience of playing and earning the statistics related to the games.

But I could be wrong.
msstacy13

Re: Yes...

msstacy13

January 17 2012, 18:29:58 UTC 9 years ago

Yes, that's what I mean,
except that both teams, all the players,
will suffer from the lost game time.