University’s Football Clinic for Women Offends Feminists
College Insurrection readers may find this story difficult to believe.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
University’s ‘Football 101 for Women’ Clinic Upsets Some Feminists (Surprise, Surprise)
A story in the Daily Camera on Tuesday described how some “CU Boulder alums” are upset about the school’s upcoming “Football 101 For Women” clinic. The story then proceeds to quote three feminist alumni who are insulted at the very idea!
Yeah, because every woman can easily articulate the difference between a 3-4 defense and a Cover 2 defense.
As a woman, I am not ashamed to admit that most men who grew up watching, playing – and in some cases living and breathing – football, know more about the intrinsics of the game than I do.
But one woman, a talent agency VP, called the clinic a “slap in the face.” Another “brand strategist and lifelong athlete,” chimed in with: “It seems very medieval or backwards.” Said the third feminist, a LGBTQ activist: “Being a woman, I know I need some education in football, but I also have several male friends who need education in football. I don’t think we stand alone.”
OK, that last comment is at least a coherent response. But ultimately, is it so wrong to offer women a class that, let’s face it, many if not most could benefit from? As someone who has watched NFL games nearly every Sunday for the last umpteen years, of course I get the basics, but so much of the nuances of the game and its complexity are over my head.
Being a strong woman is also being willing to admit when you don’t know something. And why do feminists always have to presume to speak for all women?
University’s ‘Football 101 for Women’ Clinic Upsets Some Feminists (Surprise, Surprise) (The College Fix)
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Meanwhile, classes geared towards MEN (with men in the title no less) NEVER seems to get these gals to speak up.
So much for equality.
Barnes and Noble are loaded with all kinds of self-help or self-improvement books.
Protest those.
When I saw the title over at Legal Insurrection I thought, “wow, they’re prepping the women to play football. That sounds great!”
Alas.
In my days in college (1970s) I helped coach a women’s flag football team. This was NOT “powder puff” football: these women were athletes. They had played football with their brothers and had participated in the women’s sports of the day. They were serious, and the three guys, me included, who coached had to be serious. We had a QB who could throw, a couple fast receivers, and a young woman who at about 270 pounds realized that she could be a nose tackle and hit the sorority girls she had always wanted to hit.
We played other area colleges and intramurals. A fun season.
I think women’s flag football, done seriously, would be a great sport for women.