Dara just one the national title in the 100M Freestyle in 54.4 at the ripe old age of 40. Simply Incredible. :applaud: :woot:
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is.
Yikes. Where do I start? This romantic notion of the 50's is not as true as some like to believe. I don't believe there's a woman on this board that would like to live like women did in the 50's if that meant (and it surely would) that we wouldn't have the time or support from society or our families to be athletic. There would be no college scholarships for women for any sports. In fact, many women wouldn't go to college. And, if they did, they would mostly be majoring in education and secretarial work.
Men would, for the most part, assume they are smarter. And society would agree. Many women would be forced to marry for economic reasons. They would be forced to stay in marriages that are less than satisfying for those same economic reasons. And these are just a couple of things I can come up with off the top of my head. I think we have definitely moved forward in society. Women are FAR better off today than they were in the 50's (fake boobs, anorexia and all).
So are you saying there were no athletic women in the fifties? Is there any shame in being a teacher or a secretary? Gee, with the attitude that being an education major is a "lesser than" profession, wonder why our schools have gone to pot.
Even in the 1950s we all knew that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Yikes. Where do I start? This romantic notion of the 50's is not as true as some like to believe. I don't believe there's a woman on this board that would like to live like women did in the 50's if that meant (and it surely would) that we wouldn't have the time or support from society or our families to be athletic. There would be no college scholarships for women for any sports. In fact, many women wouldn't go to college. And, if they did, they would mostly be majoring in education and secretarial work.
Men would, for the most part, assume they are smarter. And society would agree. Many women would be forced to marry for economic reasons. They would be forced to stay in marriages that are less than satisfying for those same economic reasons. And these are just a couple of things I can come up with off the top of my head. I think we have definitely moved forward in society. Women are FAR better off today than they were in the 50's (fake boobs, anorexia and all).
So are you saying there were no athletic women in the fifties? Is there any shame in being a teacher or a secretary? Gee, with the attitude that being an education major is a "lesser than" profession, wonder why our schools have gone to pot.
Even in the 1950s we all knew that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
