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Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by tothetenthpower
It is more than gender roles.
Women have less dense muscle and require a higher percentage of bodyfat just to survive. Elite male athletes can get down to less than 5% bodyfat with no problem, but if a female gets below 10% they will have health impacts. The first of which is the loss of their menstrual cycle, but after that they can have other hormonal issues, liver problems, and other issues.
Our bodies are different. The average female is several inches shorter than the average male, and average body weight it much lower. Strength and Speed records are different from males to females.
If two men want to fight out their differences, as long as they don't kill each other, I have no problem with it. If two females want to fight out their differences, fine. But if a male wants to beat up a female it is wrong on so many levels.
I don't know what you look like TTTP, but I know what I look like, and I know what my wife looks like. I could probably punch you a time or two without any lasting effects, you'd survive. If I punched my wife, she would be broken. No doubt about it. My fist is almost as big as her head, and the bones in my fist are drastically stronger and more hardened than the ones in her face.
It's not ok to hit girls. I don't care if it sounds chauvinistic or outdated or old fashioned, it isn't some societal norm, there are solid reasons to back it up. It's just not ok.edit on 10-7-2012 by getreadyalready because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by amongus
World peace is not possible, never said that.
Utopias are a pipe dream, however social constructs that are impacting us negatively and prevent us from at least moving beyond our differences at least a little bit, are not out of reach.
Thinking they are is the un-realistic part.
~Tenth
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by amongus
Of course we aren't, but if we never make it clear to those who think it's OK for this to be the current reality, when will it ever change?
Voicing your dissent regarding an idiotic and pointless social construct is just as pertinant as having it changed down the road.
How do you think anything else got done in this world? People complained about it.
~Tenth
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by Classified Info
What does it matter if it was a female or a male?
Seems like one is not worse than the other.
Originally posted by tw0330
The coach should be charged with assault of his player.because:
Originally posted by amongus
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Originally posted by amongus
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by Classified Info
What does it matter if it was a female or a male?
Seems like one is not worse than the other.
This is just disgusting, and this is why I'm against organized sports. Far too much abuse.
~Tenth
What? Talk about ignorance. Is it ok for a girl to slap a man? Yep...is it ok for a man to slap a girl? Nope.
What world are you living in? What does it matter if a male assaulted a female? Really?
How is one worse than another?
Are you some how stating that it's ok for women to hurt men but not the other way around? Cause that's the twisted mind set not the one where I claim violence is bad regardless of gender.
What world are YOU living in that still has gender roles and Misandry?
~Tenth
It's called the real world tenth...wow.
I'd love for women to chime in on this.
Eta: how many women do you see being thrown in jail for hitting a man vs a man being thrown in jail for assaulting a woman. How do you not know the difference?edit on 10-7-2012 by amongus because: (no reason given)
The coach's daughter and the girl had engaged in a brief verbal stand-off before the coach got involved, the report states. Fred Freeman, 47, Hartford, Wisc., faces a battery charge.
The suspect … grabbed the victim tightly around her torso. (Washington) heard the victim tell the suspect to get off of her and witnessed the victim start to punch the suspect," the report states. "The two fell to the ground, and the victim continued to resist the suspect. The suspect and victim made it back to their feet, and the suspect grabbed the victim again and slammed her back into the ground."
That's when the coach's daughter apparently sought to intervene.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by sheepslayer247
There is some drug abuse in professional sports, but the "meatheadedness" is not as prevalent as it used to be.
I know of several professional football players that are homosexual, and they are still elite players, and their teammates know about them, and it isn't a big deal in most cases. Professional athletes also spend a lot of time studying film, studying theory, practicing interview skills, taking finishing courses for manners and etiquette.
Organized sports are far from a waste of time! I bet I've learned more through sports than schooling over the years.
College sports are an abomination as these institutions use these kids to profit, while their education plays a backseat role.