Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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  • 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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laylalawlor

laylalawlor

January 17 2012, 19:20:24 UTC 9 years ago

I certainly don't disagree that changes, any changes to the way things have always been done should be approached with consideration and preparedness.

But I think that allowing unlikely, alarmist worst-case scenarios to dissuade us from making changes would mean that nothing would ever change. It is always possible to come up with bad things that could happen if we enfranchise a whole group of people, because any group of people is large and diverse and yes, some of them probably will use their newfound freedom in unwise ways. But these possible, hypothetical consequences have to be weighed against the consequences of failing to enfranchise those people -- the very real, present, negative consequences to them now.
msstacy13

msstacy13

January 17 2012, 20:03:35 UTC 9 years ago

We're in much more agreement than one might have guessed.

I'm a cautious incrimentalist,
and willing to take risks,
but never urge others to move forward
if I'm not certain they can do so safely.
Even though I think the two possiblities I cite
are reasonable concerns, I don't object to a young woman playing football,
but I can't argue on her behalf in good conscience
unless/until I'm reasonably certain regarding those points.
laylalawlor

laylalawlor

January 17 2012, 20:37:05 UTC 9 years ago

*nods* I think we are actually in more agreement than disagreement; thank you. :) I think that I used to be much more on the cautious-incrementalist end of things, and have gravitated towards being more ... I certainly wouldn't say radical, but inclined towards a more rapid pace of change than I used to be. But anyway, I'm sorry for my intemperate tone in my earlier comments; though I still stand by my opinions, I do think that I was reacting more strongly to your comment than was warranted, and did not express myself as respectfully as I should have.
msstacy13

msstacy13

January 17 2012, 20:55:50 UTC 9 years ago

It's not as if you called me names
to draw me offsides...
:)