A 6th grade girls team from Kentucky was set to go for the year-end championship tournament, but was told they were banned due to fears boys teams might ‘retaliate’ if they lost to the girls team.

  • DrPop@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Yeah a lot of boys forget that girls don’t fight “fair”. Due to societal pressures on women to surpress heir emotions, when it comes time to fight that’s it. Boys are taught by society fighting is normal and even is encouraged in how they play.

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      8 months ago

      6th graders generally don’t fight fair. They don’t generally fight well at all.

      The typical fight between 6th grade boys is every bit as much of a slap fest as the typical fight between 6th grade girls.

      6th grade boys haven’t hit puberty yet. Given that these girls are kicking their butts at basket ball I’ll assume they slap harder than the boys do.

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        8 months ago

        They’re probably taller than the boys, too which plays into them beating them at basketball since height is such a big advantage and girls tend to hit their growth spurts earlier.