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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a sports fan in general - of either gender. But what I see playing out in these comments is that some people think that men's sports are better, more interesting, more exciting (although puke that violence is what makes someone get more excited) and therefore more people watch and follow men's sports. But the other side says, hey why don't women's sports and their accomplishments get treated the same way. And I think this comes down to the fact that traditionally sports were an arena more for boys and men and those sports and teams are well developed in our culture and they get the attention, money, advertising, and therefore the fans. Whereas women's sports are considered to be second class and therefore get less attention, money, advertising, and therefore get fewer fans. But realistically playing any sport at a competitive level is the same amount of effort and work for either men or women and when they perform well it is equally exciting and an achievement. But because our society is set up to view women as second class (and the current republican party reinforces this constantly), anything that women do is inherently viewed as less. Just like traditional "women's" careers are values less and compensated less. It all boils down to living in a society that is ruled by the patriarchy (primarily white). And we are all conditioned to think this way which is why what men do is "more exciting".[/quote]

So then it’s money. Again. Money ruins everything.[/quote]

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