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sgt. jmk de la résistance's avatar

All my brothers wrestled, but the closest I was allowed to get was to manage the team and keep score. I was at EVERY practice, which is more than I could say for some of the guys on the team, and I ran with them, even though I wasn't allowed on the mat (except to referee).

Every time I mentioned that I wished I could actually participate, people would lose their minds because ewwwww. Apparently, touching girls bodies in a non-sextual way was unimaginable to them.

At least I was spared the kind of condescending sexism I faced at 8 years old when I tried to sign up for baseball and was told "girls can't play baseball, but I'm sure there's a nice girls' softball league you can join."

That was half a century ago, but I still get irritated thinking about it. Bitch, if I'd wanted to play softball, I'd have asked to play softball.

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Sam's avatar

True. But that seems like a case of a few good apples in a big basket of completely rotten ones.

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