Danielle Lawrie

FITZGERALD WRITES:

I picked up a few minutes of the University of Washington softball tournament on a whim only to hear Randy Johnson falling all over himself regarding his daughter and womyn’s athletics in general. It was truly nauseating, I switched the channel quickly grumbling all the while and went on with my routine, until I saw your posting. 

Sadly, setting aside the progressive agenda to drive women’s sports, I’ve observed the trend among modern men for some time now. Too many men are pushing the feminist agenda on their daughters, encouraging them to embrace the lies. They are not content to raise their daughters to be wives and eventually mothers, but rather aggressive, men supplicants. I hear this over and over from co-workers and in general polite conversation and each time I just sigh and shake my head in disbelief. It’s bad enough to have the culture and women in general push this on girls today, but fathers as cheerleaders to feminist oblivion is truly very discouraging and rather pathetic.

Laura writes:

Some men make their daughters into surrogate sons. They live their own dreams through their daughters.

This is not the case with all men who encourage their daughters to participate in athletics, but it is a visible phenomenon.  

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Jim B. writes:

One other reason many men push their daughters into sports, as pointed out by Steve Sailer: to keep them occupied and thus decrease their chances of unplanned pregnancies.  Sadly, it seems like the choices many men see for their daughters are either quasi-male or slut.

Karen I. writes:

I had a pushy father when it came to sports. It was truly awful as a young woman in high school. Fathers have no idea what their daughters go through when they push them that hard. I remember running with heavy periods, scared I would bleed through my shorts, but nevertheless placing in the top three every time. All I wanted to do was curl up in bed but there I was, out on the track or field, succeeding like Dad wanted. I could never tell him what a toll it was taking on my health because these are not things daughters discuss with fathers. I was not the only girl afraid to run that hard during that time of the month (one teammate locked herself in the bathroom and sobbed, afraid to get back on the field she was bleeding so much), but none of use dared to tell our male coaches or parents what the problem was. I finally got so run down, I got the worst case of shingles my doctor had ever seen. There is a dark side to sports for girls that only those who have experienced it understand. It crosses the line into a form of abuse that is more common than people realize.

Eric writes:

The New York Times had a good article (surprise, surprise) on sports injuries for women a few years back. This is what I found when I went looking recently. It’s not as good but you get the gist.

My wife is a former NCAA track champ, so I sort of support women’s sports, but only up to a point. She made her own training regimen, and completely avoided both injuries and drugs during the entirety of her athletic career. Others succumb to the pressures, pursue sports with less moderation, and pay a price.

Laura writes:

I support women’s athletics too, but only up to a point.

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