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Why do we continue to point to lower participating numbers of women in sports to justify the assertion that society is persecuting women? I was a part of a state high school championship team in Colorado and we never cut anybody. My daughters' teams in this very school (Deer Valley) district were regional champions 11 years running. Nobody on their teams got cut. I would assert that the opportunities are there even with the good teams/schools. Is it possible that overall less women are interested in sports? Badminton would put us in compliance??? Swell.
And for what it's worth, I think Hogshead got touched out in the 84 Olympics.
Fort, it's been awhile, please educate me again.:)
(@smontaro): If you look at youth sports (the ones where girls have as much an opportunity to play as boys) I think the numbers are at least equal in most sports. It's pretty disingenuous to include football in your statistics. Unless you want to include something that is pretty much exclusively a girls' activity, like dance or cheer when deciding if girls are as interested in sport as boys.
Some of you aren't taking into account the fact that, after college (except for the somewhat limited WBNA) there aren't many opportunities for women to play sports professionally. Or to earn big money doing it. One of the reasons you see more women start focusing more time on school or careers in college than men is because there aren't the opportunities available in sports as a career for women.
I would argue that one of the main reasons there are more girls than boys in swimming (and likely in many youth sports that are equally available to girls and boys nowadays) is a result of Title IX. As opportunities opened up, girls were interested.
I have to say that it is irksome to listen to people who have never really faced any substantial race or gender based discrimination rant about policies that were instrumental in (literally) leveling the playing field for women in sports. Especially when you aren't willing to concede that the behemoth that is football has anything to do with men's college sports being in jeopardy. I know you love your football, but at least admit that it has caused the upheaval that you are seeing in college sports today.
(@smontaro): If you look at youth sports (the ones where girls have as much an opportunity to play as boys) I think the numbers are at least equal in most sports. It's pretty disingenuous to include football in your statistics. Unless you want to include something that is pretty much exclusively a girls' activity, like dance or cheer when deciding if girls are as interested in sport as boys.
Some of you aren't taking into account the fact that, after college (except for the somewhat limited WBNA) there aren't many opportunities for women to play sports professionally. Or to earn big money doing it. One of the reasons you see more women start focusing more time on school or careers in college than men is because there aren't the opportunities available in sports as a career for women.
I would argue that one of the main reasons there are more girls than boys in swimming (and likely in many youth sports that are equally available to girls and boys nowadays) is a result of Title IX. As opportunities opened up, girls were interested.
I have to say that it is irksome to listen to people who have never really faced any substantial race or gender based discrimination rant about policies that were instrumental in (literally) leveling the playing field for women in sports. Especially when you aren't willing to concede that the behemoth that is football has anything to do with men's college sports being in jeopardy. I know you love your football, but at least admit that it has caused the upheaval that you are seeing in college sports today.
