Women's sports are treated shamefully all over the world. This is something that gets a lot of people's goats. And when something gets done about it, some men whine like a bunch of babies.
The flip side to this, by the bye, is that sports that men play which have come come to be identified with women, are underserved. This is the case with field hockey. You will admit that it is a noble game, but because it is seen as "something for the girls" it is remarkably undersupported in the United States. Of course, this has been merely my experience. Every time I mention it as a men's sport I am met with incredulity.
(Also by the bye, I chaired a panel at a conference last autumn at which one of the presenters was a young man named Khachaturian. Alas, he disclaimed any kinship to the composer.)
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Date: 2009-06-22 12:09 am (UTC)The flip side to this, by the bye, is that sports that men play which have come come to be identified with women, are underserved. This is the case with field hockey. You will admit that it is a noble game, but because it is seen as "something for the girls" it is remarkably undersupported in the United States. Of course, this has been merely my experience. Every time I mention it as a men's sport I am met with incredulity.
(Also by the bye, I chaired a panel at a conference last autumn at which one of the presenters was a young man named Khachaturian. Alas, he disclaimed any kinship to the composer.)