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more about #athletics more comments → lisas: This must be an oversight. A post using a Madonna picture, and no one is talking about how she's too strong-looking? Maybe cause she's wearing sleeves. more » wednesdayam: I've been of the belief that there are some sports that would work smashingly well unsegregated (baseball, for real, it needs to happen), but with oth... more » Sunshineyness: I just had an interesting thought in regards to this. Pairs skating has been co-ed since, well, since it started I assume. And both the men and the wo... more » bowleserised: This is why I stick to watching equestrian sports – in show jumping, eventing and dressage the old "women are too fragile" debates were done and dus... more » JerkoftheMonth: Can I just say this? The whole platform from which we judge athletic prowess is determined by a male-dominated athletic sport structure. Sports, in th... more » Sunshineyness: I'm very confuzzled by this demand of girl's baseball- but this stems mostly from my belief that softball is the vastly superior sport. Not only is it... more » sacapuntas: I second your point about single-sex sports being something of a refuge. Up until middle school, I played soccer in an all-girls league and I loved it... more » applebrown-betty: and let's not forget about college scholarships. if everything were forced to be co-ed, what gender do you think would now be screwed out of athletic ... more » madcater: i'd be curious to know how much input women have had historically in creating many of what we call "sports." if men are creating physical stakes that ... more » choufleur: Hmm, the only sport I ever played where it seemed liked sex (or is gender the right word here?) was moot was fencing. Tournaments that didn't qualify ... more » 1.1.1.: I liked this response: OMG Lawson’s proposal is breathtakingly stupid, and Berman’s piece is filled with hedge words. Men do not "seem" to be su... more » schweppes: There is a biological difference between men and women (and the existence of transgendered people doesn't affect that). Those differences include man... more » Antrack: From the Salon article: Perhaps exceptional women athletes would rise to the occasion, train harder, and attain greater personal bests while giving th... more » MizJenkins: I think if you make this about the sport it's a lot simpler than if you try to analyze it as a sociological issue. On some level sport is like art -... more » Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Batter up... Here the call... The time has come for one and all... to play ball. We're the members of... the All-American League. We come from cities... more » -
#aleagueoftheirown
"One Of Feminism's Stickiest Subjects": The Sports Question
Writes Judy Berman in Salon, "Although women's bodies can do incredible, unique things of their own (childbirth, anyone?), men seem to have a biological advantage when it comes to feats of strength and speed." But of course it's more complicated:
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#girlsports
Girls In Urban Areas Face Unique Challenges In Playing Sports
Katie Thomas has written two parts of a series for the New York Times looking at the unique challenges facing urban girls who want to play sports, and the adults who want to encourage them. More » -
#stepbystep
Running With Cervixes: Women Overcome Hurdles
As recently as the 1970s women were banned from participating in marathons. Now, middle-aged women who were discouraged from the sport when they were younger are taking up running for the first time. More » -
#heavyissues
Teen Girl Focused On Weight
14-year-old Zoe Smith has been dubbed the "strongest girl in Britain" after the 5'2, 126 pound girl lifted almost two thirds more than her body weight. -
