But in the rest of life its not quite as simple. First off I’m not a violent person, someone tried pretty hard to get into a fight with me this weekend and I avoided it, but if it came down to it and I had to punch him in the face then thats what I would have done, I’m not sure if I could be brought to hit a woman short of life or death situation, is that sexist? Ok, yes it is, but is that wrong? I strongly support equality, even if we occasionally hurt those who were historically favored (as a white male that means myself). Does that mean I shouldn’t be chivalrous? If I open the car door for a woman it’s not because I think she’s not capable of it, its just, well I’m not sure why, just to be nice I guess. So is it wrong for guys to think its worse to hit a woman than a man? We should probably just work on teaching people that its wrong to hit anyone. I hope I’ve made it clear that I’m not a concern troll, I’m just really not sure what the right answer is. In the mean time I’ll stick to not hitting women, or anyone if I can help it.

Peace.

As for the mother, I smell a whiff of self-loathing and jealousy towards the girls. I’m sure they’re doing things she would never have conceived of being able to do…they’re violating her societal programming big time.

Take some martial arts classes if you have that much anger to work out.

Now, would you really want people with a lot of anger to take up martial arts? Not anymore than give them a gun…

I think contact sports between both genders where a boy can be allowed to physically check a woman, or vice versa, blurs the boundaries of violence towards either gender. But that’s just me, and I’m sure many people can argue with me over that. When I was 12 years old I played in gym class along with other boys in my school, and I actually got shoved around for no good reason (because I was fat and nobody likes a fat girl). So I disagree with the notion that most boys don’t care what gender the other player is if it’s a contact sport. Also, there’s also the girl who can cry that the male who checked her (if the male had neutral feelings and a purely competitive viewpoint) pushed her because she was a girl-and pushed her too hard at that- nobody is going to argue with her. No matter how much we can say that ‘it’s just the game, not the gender’ there’s still the question of the politics of it all.

Right now, I am a fencewalker. Do I believe that women’s teams should be given equal funding and opportunity as men’s teams? HELL YES. Do I believe that contact sports should be fully integrated…..I’m conflicted. I personally see too many problems coming through it. But at the same time I would never put boundaries on what a woman wants to do on a “men’s” team, OR what a man wants to do on a “woman’s” team. If someone could sit down and give me an argument as to why teams should be FULLY integrated that I agree with, I will give them five dollars and a piece of cake. The woman who wrote the article that was the focus point of this blog is a tad messed up in the head (I agree with the others that called her out on the ‘flying through the boards,’ take your inner aggression somewhere else, lady). But that’s my .02 cents and I ain’t jumping in the fountain to get em back.

Le Femme

p.s. I hate hate hate hate happy bunny. HATE HAPPY BUNNY!

That is fucked up. Enough with the vicarious violence through your kid, lady. Take some martial arts classes if you have that much anger to work out.

Her kid is in UNDER TWELVE. The kids are probably going to be THE SAME SIZE or the girls will be BIGGER. Also, IT’S A CONTACT SPORT. The players should expect to hit and get hit by all sorts of shapes and sizes.

I’m pretty sure the young ladies don’t really care about the gender of who checks them, and if it gets too rough, they’ll play in a women’s league. If her son–indeed a creepy thought–sends the girl “flying to the boards,” (and that’s basketball not soccer, Mom)–he’s going to get a foul, just like the girls that can send the girl flying to the boards. So, let them play the game, and play against an opponent and not “a girl.” If he has time to worry about what parts the other player has, he’s not running hard enough.

…but luckily, that bit isn’t called feminism. Problem solved, hooray!