I play rugby in my town and we have both a girls and boys team. Now, I don't want to brag or anything but the girls team is a lot better than the boys. We've won more games, participated in more tournaments, and we have raised more money. I mean really, we're an all around better team. However when we practice the boys team gets to use three quarters of the field, all of the balls except two (in total we have about ten), and they get treated more seriously then us.
I think that this is this way because of the stereotypes that get put on women. That women can't play as well as men, that women are weak, that women can't be as competitive or aggressive as men can be. Now technically, women cannot have as much upper body strength as men but that doesn't mean that we can't kick a ball as far or tackle someone well.
Something else that I have noticed about the boys team is that whenever we practice with them they don't play to their full capability. When I've gone to tackle them they don't try to run away they'll just stand there and don't do anything about it. It's pretty lame. I don't want to be playing against a mannequin. I believe that they play this way because of how boys are raised they are taught chivalry. Part of that being to not want to ever physically harm a girl, even when they play a game like rugby. Instead of finding this as being respectful, as some women and men see it that way, I find it rude and insulting. I am obviously there at a practice in order to actually practice and the boys team not wanting to play a real game with our team ticks me off. A lot of the time I feel that boys and men see women and girls as little dolls and if you touch us then we automatically break into a hundred thousand pieces. Which is obviously not how we work.
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