I think females are just as capable as men when it comes to ANYTHING. It shouldn’t matter what sex you are, I think anyone can be a great sportsmen / sportswoman. I mean, there are professional female footballers. Why is it that society has been brainswashed into believing males are better at sports and football then females? If you put your heart into it, you can achieve anything…no matter what sex, race, religion, political opinion. marital status, age etc you are. That is what people must realise. References :
I would think so. I’ve played tackle football with guys before and they treated me like a guy so they threw some hard tackles at me so yeah I say girls are capable of doing sports like that. References :
They cannot compete with most males due to being genetically smaller. They can play and compete with other girls though. On of my friends sister played rugby in college. Though I would not have pissed her off, I don’t think she could have competed with men. References :
There were all-female rugby and wrestling teams at my high school (not football), and the girls I knew on them could easily have bested a few of the guys in our class if they wanted to. References :
Depends on how good the all-male team this all-female team was playing is. . . someone like the current Detroit Lions, or one of this year’s Superbowl-bound teams? That could be a factor.
I think that, at least with most women, the whole body-strength divide could be an issue. Men are generally recognized to have more upper-body strength capabilities, whereas women might have more lower-body strength capabilities. Trying to put those head-to-head would be mixing playing styles a bit much, if you ask me. Sounds like a million-point game if you ask me, since neither defense would probably do much good.
What I think might be more useful would be mixed-gender teams. Men can play the positions they’d be best at, and women can play the positions they’d be best at. Everyone wins, and it’s not some stupid gender wars battle. References :
Yes, women can play sports like rugby or American football in a competitive manner … against other women. Women cannot play against men of the same level in these sports.
Sorry, you might not like it and it might not be politically correct. But it’s a fact. And it shows great insecurity in not accepting that. I’m certainly not judging women based on the fact that they cannot compete with men in athletic events. It’s quite OK. (Sure, some women can beat some men, but not if you’re talking about the level of competition.)
Music-Clenses-The-Soul, maybe it “shouldn’t” matter what sex you are. But it does. You’re letting your emotions get in the way of your brain if you think otherwise. Men are bigger, stronger, faster. Period, end of story. If you don’t like it, I’m sorry. I have nothing to do with that fact. Go complain to Mother Nature.
geek_girl, you’re dreaming if you think the greatest female athletes in the history of the world would have a chance at beating the Detroit Lions. They’d be crushed mercilessly. Florida, the No. 1 college team in America — comprised of large, athletic men — would stand no chance against the Lions.
You’re also being lied to if someone is telling you women “have more lower-body strength capabilities.” They don’t. As an absolute fact, men have more strength capabilities, period.
Remember, I’m not saying every man has more strength capability than every woman. That’s absurd. But if we’re comparing sexes, it’s a straight-up fact.
As women evolve and become more athletic, men are doing the same. So it’s not as if they can catch up. And once again, that’s OK. It’s not that women are inferior beings. Simply inferior athletically, on average. Women have advantages over men in other things, on average. And that’s OK for men too. We don’t have to be the same exact creature.
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2009 Jul 14
No, they are not built to have the strength
especially upper body strength, regarding the manipulation of other objects
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2009 Jul 14
I think females are just as capable as men when it comes to ANYTHING. It shouldn’t matter what sex you are, I think anyone can be a great sportsmen / sportswoman. I mean, there are professional female footballers. Why is it that society has been brainswashed into believing males are better at sports and football then females? If you put your heart into it, you can achieve anything…no matter what sex, race, religion, political opinion. marital status, age etc you are. That is what people must realise.
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2009 Jul 14
I would think so. I’ve played tackle football with guys before and they treated me like a guy so they threw some hard tackles at me so yeah I say girls are capable of doing sports like that.
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2009 Jul 14
physically, most women are not built to, unless you consider butch women or course.
our bodies are not as strong as men’s and the game would not be as exciting if it wasn’t as violent.
have anyone seen rugby players? they are big and muscular. women playing rugby would make it look like soccer,
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2009 Jul 14
Who cares? Grown men chasing balls, ugh. A completely pointless waste of energy.
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2009 Jul 14
Probably not.
Maybe female professionals could play with other professional females, but against a professional male it’s almost dangerous o_O
Professional males have frames, height and muscular bodies that women don’t have.
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2009 Jul 14
Men and women are built differently, both physically and mentally despite what some people want to believe.
If they were identical then there would be no need to have separate teams for each gender.
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2009 Jul 14
They cannot compete with most males due to being genetically smaller. They can play and compete with other girls though. On of my friends sister played rugby in college. Though I would not have pissed her off, I don’t think she could have competed with men.
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2009 Jul 14
There were all-female rugby and wrestling teams at my high school (not football), and the girls I knew on them could easily have bested a few of the guys in our class if they wanted to.
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2009 Jul 14
women should not be playing sports period.
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2009 Jul 14
Depends on how good the all-male team this all-female team was playing is. . . someone like the current Detroit Lions, or one of this year’s Superbowl-bound teams? That could be a factor.
I think that, at least with most women, the whole body-strength divide could be an issue. Men are generally recognized to have more upper-body strength capabilities, whereas women might have more lower-body strength capabilities. Trying to put those head-to-head would be mixing playing styles a bit much, if you ask me. Sounds like a million-point game if you ask me, since neither defense would probably do much good.
What I think might be more useful would be mixed-gender teams. Men can play the positions they’d be best at, and women can play the positions they’d be best at. Everyone wins, and it’s not some stupid gender wars battle.
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2009 Jul 20
Yes, women can play sports like rugby or American football in a competitive manner … against other women. Women cannot play against men of the same level in these sports.
Sorry, you might not like it and it might not be politically correct. But it’s a fact. And it shows great insecurity in not accepting that. I’m certainly not judging women based on the fact that they cannot compete with men in athletic events. It’s quite OK. (Sure, some women can beat some men, but not if you’re talking about the level of competition.)
Music-Clenses-The-Soul, maybe it “shouldn’t” matter what sex you are. But it does. You’re letting your emotions get in the way of your brain if you think otherwise. Men are bigger, stronger, faster. Period, end of story. If you don’t like it, I’m sorry. I have nothing to do with that fact. Go complain to Mother Nature.
geek_girl, you’re dreaming if you think the greatest female athletes in the history of the world would have a chance at beating the Detroit Lions. They’d be crushed mercilessly. Florida, the No. 1 college team in America — comprised of large, athletic men — would stand no chance against the Lions.
You’re also being lied to if someone is telling you women “have more lower-body strength capabilities.” They don’t. As an absolute fact, men have more strength capabilities, period.
Remember, I’m not saying every man has more strength capability than every woman. That’s absurd. But if we’re comparing sexes, it’s a straight-up fact.
As women evolve and become more athletic, men are doing the same. So it’s not as if they can catch up. And once again, that’s OK. It’s not that women are inferior beings. Simply inferior athletically, on average. Women have advantages over men in other things, on average. And that’s OK for men too. We don’t have to be the same exact creature.