I am not a bra burner. As a matter of fact, I love bras. They both lift AND separate. Plus, Nordstrom's sends you thank you cards when you buy them. That being said, I do have a feminist issue. That's right, it is time for my rant about female sports teams.
Why is it that female sports teams are always called "the lady" whatevers? (As in the Lady Aztecs, the Lady Rams, the Lady knights, etc.) Is it because they are not good enough to be called the Rams? the Aztecs? the Knights? Or, as I suspect, is it so the public doesn't get confused and go to a female game when they should only be going to men's games. I guess the logic is that we are all too dumb and might sit through a women's basketball match, and use up all of our school spirit before the boys play.
This is not a huge rant, but one I subject Waldo to every day, because in El Paso it is fundraising time, which consists of lots of young girls panhandling. (They stand in intersections holding buckets and signs that say "support the Lady Rams.") You never see the boys doing this, either. They don't have to walk the streets for money, they just get it from the schools. So, as I drive to Target I am accosted by girls begging me for spare change (so that they can buy the pink ball and pretend to play sports, I guess.) I thought that we were better than that, but what do I know? I am just a lady.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Title 9 My Butt.
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I hate the term "play sports". It's akin to "play gym" in elementary school. And I LOVE Nordstrom bras BECAUSE of the thank-you notes. A bra that lifts and separates beats a bra that lifts and smushes. Love, the former Lady Trojan
OK, so I am finally able to comment, and I think two things. One, of COURSE it's the "Lady Whatevers." Otherwise I might get confused and mistakenly see a woman's basketball game instead of the men's team I was looking for. And two, I also appreciate a good bra. Props to the women who have them, and props to them for leaving the house.
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