I know this got brought up in a class discussion a few weeks back and i never came first hand to a situation as such so i thought i'd share it. Why do you think mens soccer team got the bus over us?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Alma College Athletics
Last weekend both the mens and women's soccer teams traveled to Trine University. The mens team ended up getting to take the Alma college bus. Our team got stuck with some old bus that barely gave us enough room to stretch our legs. Now, how is this fair? I personally think the men got the Alma college bus because to the college they have more priority than women, even though our record this year is a lot better.
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Becky,
You should ask your coach who decided which team would take which bus. At the very least, the women's and men's teams could switch buses every other game.
I would follow-up on this for sure.
(Alternatively, what would your feelings have been if they men's team had 'let' you take the bus, arguing that the women should have the nicer bus. I've seen this happen, too, in the name of 'chivalry' and rarely hear objections raised. But is this not, too, sexism rooted in an idea of what certain kinds of women deserve--the less important role, to be taken care of? What do you think?)
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