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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG.  I am 45 and I played competitive soccer.  I beat all the boys in the Presidential Fitness thing---in every event.  I played Division 1 soccer.  Though--I liked make-up and fashion.  I had an older brother and a sister.

AND...I'm the first one to use the 'cry like a girl', etc.  I don't even think about it when I say it...or the irony that I am female.  I guess growing up it was an insult to be told that but if you were a gifted athlete nobody would ever accuse of doing anything like a girl.  In fact, I was told I don't 'run like a girl' and I took great pride in that growing up.

I have 5 nephews (teens and 20s) and I have two boys myself.  My nephews would tell my boys 'not to be a momma's boy' if they cried over something.

Frankly, I personally HATED that television ad with the 'run like a girl', 'throw like a girl' because I think they should have used top women athletes..not girls that couldn't run:).  My kids and I busted out laughing at one of the girls because she had the worst running form ever.

I like being a woman.  But- I don't go around looking for something to take 'offense' at constantly.

When even Jerry Seinfeld finds college campuses too liberal and politically correct---it is time America lightens the f*ck up!!
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If you had a daughter, and she was interested in trucks and football, how would you feel if her female friends laughed at her and said "you play like a boy." Would YOU ridicule her for behaving like a boy? No? Then why would you ridicule your boys for behaving like (how you perceive) a girl? That's the other irony you missed. You seem to think boys should follow gender stereotypes, but girls should not.

When I was a kid, I also took pride in the fact that I didn't run or throw "like a girl," even though I'm a girl. But as a grown woman, I realize that the better compliment would have been "you have a great arm," or "you run the bases like a pro," or anything else that didn't derogatorily compare me to my own gender. Grow up! What boys and girls SHOULD understand is that anybody, boy or girl, who throws a ball with practice, or runs regularly, has the capacity to do it well. They should understand that the reason Jack or Olivia don't throw a ball with great form is because they haven't done it much, aren't practiced at it, and probably don't play baseball.

Just teach your boys that they all have things they're good at, or not good at. No reason to tear down half the population.

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