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[–]MarkTwainiac 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

82% of the male respondents say no but only 68% of the female respondents did. Female socialization at work.

[–]1st_Class_Mail_Ally 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Freshman year of HS, I was on the JV Boys B-Team. We beat the girl's varsity team in a scrimmage, and they were really good in their division. (I was not that good at basketball, but went on to play three years and quit senior year and never did varsity). Even at that age there is already so much of a difference. Boys and girls ball are different games and are coached as such. A half-decent TIM could single-handedly carry "her" team to some kinda district or regional title, easily. Even now with youth girls ball, a talented (biological) girl can carry her team to district. Imagine how lopsided it'd be with a TIM. This could have a knock on effect of encouraging other coaches to recruit TIMs so that their own girls team would have a fighting chance, so pass the ball to Lipstick Lebron and get outta the way girls. Esp at that young age when sports aren't even about winning titles and glory for most kids, just learning sportsmanship and discipline This shit needs to be stopped it could end girl's basketball. Speaking from my experience with basketball but I'm sure it's the same for other sports.