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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting article in Economist “Why sex matters in football”.

“Feminists have long argued, correctly, that women are not just men with long hair. The unthinking assumption that men are the “default human” means that everything from drugs and smartphones to stab vests and airbags has been designed in ways that are inconvenient or dangerous for their female users.

“One paper calculates that a pitch scaled for them would be two-thirds as big as it is now. Goals would be slightly smaller and the ball would be smaller and lighter. Expecting women to play on the same-size pitch as men, the researchers point out, means asking them to play a game that is different from the one the men play—and harder.”[/quote]

Really interesting. Thanks for posting.  I’m an OG female player- started mid 70s and played until early 90s.  And I always had to do what my older brother was doing.  He even broke my wrist with a shot when I refused to get out of goal when he warned me to.[/quote]

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