Women's Rugby

dreamdaisy

I heard on the radio this morning that the England Ladies Rugby Team has made it to the final of their world championships. I suppose congratulations are in order but, women playing rugby? Why? Rugby is about strength, speed, fearsome tackling. I don't think my gender is about any of those things. Quite frankly, I find the female versions of most sport dull in the extreme. Football - slow and boring, rugby - why? Tennis - gentle pit-pat, tho I do admire the artistry of Justine Henin - a joy to watch. The full-frontal blast of the Williams sisters however? Distasteful to watch (and listen to). Why do girls think they can do just as well as boys at some sports? The genders can share stuff like hockey, curling, badminton (tho boys look silly doing that) and tabletennis (silly for both genders, but fun). Any other thoughts? DD

lululu

Well I do not like sport at all there is far too much of it on tv and I think that at times when there is more sport on than anything else then I should have a refund of at least part of my licence fee. However as to sports women at the top of their field I think they should be commended - I mean look at the male footballers the incentives they get and I mean some of them are just lucky that they were born with a talant to kick a ball because I think there is at least one top player who if he did not play football he would probably be in prison by now.

Sorry I am wandering here what I mean is that women who do well in sport do it through hard work and determination because their finantial rewards are dismal.

dreamdaisy

Do you mean you played cricket and made a prat of yourself? Do tell! DD

dreamdaisy

Oh baby, well done for trying tho! DD

gickygawky

I played Rugby for years before Arthur kicked in.

I was incredibly fit at the time and enjoyed playing a sport that relied on strategy, quick thinking, strength and working as a team and am still proud of our achievements to this day.

I didn't give a second thought to those who don't like watching it because it's not really about them anyway - if you don't like it don't watch it.

I was never in it to emasculate men and was very proud to be a part of a club that expected us wimmen to train as hard and be as committed to the sport as the mens teams. While we recognised we are not as physically strong or as quick as the mens team we did our best and pushed ourselves for no other reason than a love of the sport and personal endeavours.

I have also trained from an early age in a traditional form of martial art that required strength of character and great control over ones mind and body.

I did use the techniques I learnt to emasculate a man on one occasion. It was at a tube station in London just a few years ago. Because of my training I was able to prevent an innocent passenger from being further injured by a mugger using a knife to commit his crime.

At the time I was amongst a crowd of no less than ten men including 'security' guards who failed to act. After the event people came up to me as though I was the victim and assumed that because I was a woman it must be me who is incapable of looking after myself without the intervention of a man.

While putting myself in a dangerous situation is not ideal and I wouldn't expect other people to do the same I don't regret it for a second and thank god that my experience in a traditionally male dominated sport allowed me to make a small difference to the world we live in.

Arna

julie47

Not saying much on the subject but why do women want to box or wrestle too.
julie pfx :?

gickygawky

Hi Julie,

I think women probably choose to box or wrestle for the same reason as men - because it keeps them fit, to challenge oneself, compete against others, to learn a form of self defence.

I have never been interested in either but I do think that people should only be limited by their own physical and mental abilities and not by their gender or the stereotypical norms and social convention that seems to prevail.

Arna

julie47

gickygawky wrote:

Hi Julie,

I think women probably choose to box or wrestle for the same reason as men - because it keeps them fit, to challenge oneself, compete against others, to learn a form of self defence.

I have never been interested in either but I do think that people should only be limited by their own physical and mental abilities and not by their gender or the stereotypical norms and social convention that seems to prevail.

Arna

Hi Arna

perhaps you are right. i was once athletic too cycling, running badminton , as i am 47 perhaps in my time there wasn't the opportunity of these other more physical sports for women.
Never thought of them as being good for self defence. I still think they are men sports (sorry) but i don't have a problem ith women playing them. Like you say if its on tv I would just turn it over. juliepf x

livinglegend

gickygawky wrote:

I played Rugby for years before Arthur kicked in.
I was incredibly fit at the time and enjoyed playing a sport that relied on strategy, quick thinking, strength and working as a team and am still proud of our achievements to this day. Arna

Well said, if you really like Rugby, then why shouldn't women play the game too? It is their choice of sport.

Good for them.

Joseph 8)

gickygawky

Hi Julie,

Please don't apologise for having an opinion that differs to mine, I am happy to hear your thoughts

As far as being a spectator of sports, I couldn't think of anything worse unless I know someone in particular on a team.

Arna

gickygawky

Well said, if you really like Rugby, then why shouldn't women play the game too? It is their choice of sport.

Good for them.

Joseph 8)

Thanks Joseph.

I feel that it is a very unnecessary form of division unless there is a particular purpose to it ie. matching skills/strengths into mens/womens teams so that the competition is fair for all players.

To me, saying someone enjoys or watchs sport of one gender over the other is small minded but we are all entitled to our opinion aren't we!

Arna