Female Athletics
There is this Extreme Right Wing wesbite called http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/ and it has a REALLY STUPID article that is against females participation in sports
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/article_1574.shtml
1) Why should girls who like to play sports not play them? Let them enjoy sports!
2) This article, printed by fundamental Christians promotes the same mentality as those Islamic Fascists we're supposed to be fighting. This goes to show that the main difference between Christian Fascists and Islamic Fascists is the languages they speak and the clothes they wear.
3) This is what I wrote to those "ladies against feminism"
Conservatives complain about teenage pregnancy, but female athletes ARE A LOT LESS LIKELY to get pregnant early than other women. Why? THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE NOT TO GET PREGNANT EARLY! Also, girls who do well in academics are also ARE A LOT LESS LIKELY to get pregnant early than other women. Why? THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE NOT TO GET PREGNANT EARLY!
INCENTIVES MATTER! You can quote all the holy verses you want, but most teenage minds will just tune out! YOU NEED TO HAVE PRAGMATIC INCENTIVES!
Most of the girls who get pregnant early are the ones who 1) are don't doing good in academics OR 2) not playing any sports. Those who fit both those categories see no real incentive to remain abstinent, because they have no plans for the future. Their mentality is "ANYTHING GOES!"
And that is true, even among girls from extremely conservative families! My grandma grew up in an extremely conservative Catholic family in the World War 2 era, (in other words BEFORE the era of Elvis, the "decadent 1960's", 2 Live Crew, or the Pussycat Dolls) and she still got pregnant at 14. If she was more focused on academics or athletics, she would've stayed abstinent during her teenage years!
Plus, why do some people care so much if someone isn't 100% masculine or 100% feminine! It's supposed to be a non-issue in a place that emphasizes freedom. Let people figure it out for themselves how masculine or feminine they want to be!
But to the Conservative Correctness Crowd, the only freedom that matters is 1) low tax rates and 2) the right to make the most bigoted comments. Nothing else matters!
4) The Radical Feminists are whining because some female athletes are posing nude in magazines.
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0035,cagan,17748,3.html
"There are just a lot of men there, including, I'm sure, in the newsroom, who just kind of resent women's success," says Linda Steiner, associate professor and chair of the department of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. "And so to sexualize her and sort of treat her as a pinup is a way of cutting women down to size."
The women who've posed, and their supporters, argue that the pictures are part of a revolution in women's sports. They say that the photos aren't mostly about sex, they're mostly about strength and confidence. They parry with the non sequitur, emphasizing the intelligence and independent thought of the bare-naked ladies. And, surprise surprise, some say that critics are a bunch of moralistic, uptight, you guessed it, feminists. "This is not a calendar of bimbos," Acuff has repeatedly said. "These are intelligent, world-class athletes. One of them is a Rhodes scholar." Acuff hasn't since explained the correlation -- hasn't she ever heard of smart women, foolish choices? -- but others have echoed her contention.
In a *Washington Post* column defending Thompson's pose, sportswriter Sally Jenkins argued that Thompson is "a 27-year-old of serious intellect, a Stanford graduate on her way to medical school." She also took critics to task as "sports prudes and creaking, old-school feminists."
Those Radical Feminists need to spend more time fighting against those already-mentioned "Ladies Against Feminism" instead of whining about female athletes posing nude! After all, Dennis Rodman posed nude in his book cover, and the feminists weren't complaining
So why are female athletes posing nude? Females have non-conscious, natural desire to attract males! If it means exposing a few body parts, they'll do it. That's nature. It doesn't matter if the female is an athlete, artist, entertainer, librarian, doctor, etc. They're just doing what females do naturally.
It's just like how guys like boast about how much muscle and strength he has. And it's not just the 6 foot 5in. athletes, even the short guys try to emphasize their muscle strength to make up for their lack of height. Even guys who work in the office (which usually requires NO MUSCLE STRENGTH AT ALL), try to emphasize their toughness and masculinity when their job doesn't require it. But the biological-male-in-them "has to" emphasize their toughness, in order to command respect and (drumroll please) attract the females.
There is this Extreme Right Wing wesbite called http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/ and it has a REALLY STUPID article that is against females participation in sports
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/article_1574.shtml
1) Why should girls who like to play sports not play them? Let them enjoy sports!
2) This article, printed by fundamental Christians promotes the same mentality as those Islamic Fascists we're supposed to be fighting. This goes to show that the main difference between Christian Fascists and Islamic Fascists is the languages they speak and the clothes they wear.
3) This is what I wrote to those "ladies against feminism"
Conservatives complain about teenage pregnancy, but female athletes ARE A LOT LESS LIKELY to get pregnant early than other women. Why? THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE NOT TO GET PREGNANT EARLY! Also, girls who do well in academics are also ARE A LOT LESS LIKELY to get pregnant early than other women. Why? THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE NOT TO GET PREGNANT EARLY!
INCENTIVES MATTER! You can quote all the holy verses you want, but most teenage minds will just tune out! YOU NEED TO HAVE PRAGMATIC INCENTIVES!
Most of the girls who get pregnant early are the ones who 1) are don't doing good in academics OR 2) not playing any sports. Those who fit both those categories see no real incentive to remain abstinent, because they have no plans for the future. Their mentality is "ANYTHING GOES!"
And that is true, even among girls from extremely conservative families! My grandma grew up in an extremely conservative Catholic family in the World War 2 era, (in other words BEFORE the era of Elvis, the "decadent 1960's", 2 Live Crew, or the Pussycat Dolls) and she still got pregnant at 14. If she was more focused on academics or athletics, she would've stayed abstinent during her teenage years!
Plus, why do some people care so much if someone isn't 100% masculine or 100% feminine! It's supposed to be a non-issue in a place that emphasizes freedom. Let people figure it out for themselves how masculine or feminine they want to be!
But to the Conservative Correctness Crowd, the only freedom that matters is 1) low tax rates and 2) the right to make the most bigoted comments. Nothing else matters!
4) The Radical Feminists are whining because some female athletes are posing nude in magazines.
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0035,cagan,17748,3.html
"There are just a lot of men there, including, I'm sure, in the newsroom, who just kind of resent women's success," says Linda Steiner, associate professor and chair of the department of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. "And so to sexualize her and sort of treat her as a pinup is a way of cutting women down to size."
The women who've posed, and their supporters, argue that the pictures are part of a revolution in women's sports. They say that the photos aren't mostly about sex, they're mostly about strength and confidence. They parry with the non sequitur, emphasizing the intelligence and independent thought of the bare-naked ladies. And, surprise surprise, some say that critics are a bunch of moralistic, uptight, you guessed it, feminists. "This is not a calendar of bimbos," Acuff has repeatedly said. "These are intelligent, world-class athletes. One of them is a Rhodes scholar." Acuff hasn't since explained the correlation -- hasn't she ever heard of smart women, foolish choices? -- but others have echoed her contention.
In a *Washington Post* column defending Thompson's pose, sportswriter Sally Jenkins argued that Thompson is "a 27-year-old of serious intellect, a Stanford graduate on her way to medical school." She also took critics to task as "sports prudes and creaking, old-school feminists."
Those Radical Feminists need to spend more time fighting against those already-mentioned "Ladies Against Feminism" instead of whining about female athletes posing nude! After all, Dennis Rodman posed nude in his book cover, and the feminists weren't complaining
So why are female athletes posing nude? Females have non-conscious, natural desire to attract males! If it means exposing a few body parts, they'll do it. That's nature. It doesn't matter if the female is an athlete, artist, entertainer, librarian, doctor, etc. They're just doing what females do naturally.
It's just like how guys like boast about how much muscle and strength he has. And it's not just the 6 foot 5in. athletes, even the short guys try to emphasize their muscle strength to make up for their lack of height. Even guys who work in the office (which usually requires NO MUSCLE STRENGTH AT ALL), try to emphasize their toughness and masculinity when their job doesn't require it. But the biological-male-in-them "has to" emphasize their toughness, in order to command respect and (drumroll please) attract the females.
posted by Pablo at
8/29/2006 03:22:00 PM
