In which gender essentialism can DIAF

[mephisto5]

Nine-Year-Old Girl Plays Football, Kicks Ass and Maybe Changes the World

Few 9-year-old girls are described as a “young-very young-Walter Payton.” But that’s what people are calling Sam Gordon of South Jordan, Utah. Gordon has become an Internet sensation after the spread of viral videos showing her shredding Pee Wee football defenses with a series

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[blunder_buss]

I saw a video of that little girl on Buzzfeed and uuuuugghhh the comments. They really could not help themselves from saying she should have fun now because it'll be all over once she hits puberty and she won't be able to play against boys anymore. Pretty much for the same reasons we've all heard before - boys are stronger than girls! Boy don't like hitting girls! She'll injure herself so we're banning her for her own good!

That girl was being a tiny little badass and all they could say is that she could only do it for a few more years until she had to 'retire'.

[fenris_lorsrai]

The "boys think touching girls is icky" came up when our wrestling team went coed. OH NOES. Or that girls wouldn't like being groped. and boys wouldn't like being groped by girls. because people wrestling are totally thinking about how sexy their opponent is. yeah.

Unfortunately a lot of their early wins were due to refusals by opponents. boo.

[encircleme]

"Boys don't like hitting girls!"

what's hilarious (and sad) is that that's not true.

[veracity]

Well, to be fair, it's only fun if the prey can't fight back.

I feel so, so dirty typing that. I need a shower.

[blunder_buss]

Well, that depends on their upbringing. Some guys are told the chivalrous code of 'never hit a woman because they are delicate', which in its own way can be just as bad as 'hitting a girl is totally cool'.