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Originally Posted by SebC
Equal would be everyone playing in the same league, "different but equal" would have seperate but equal leagues for men and women. Having women able to play in men's and women's leagues but barring men from women's leagues discriminates against men.
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That is bullcrap.
Let's say a 13 year old female hockey player believes that she has what it takes to make the NHL. As is commonplace for hockey, the girls team in the area is very weak compared to the boys team. She would not be able to develop her skills to the point where she could compete at the highest levels of her game. I would not call a system where a poor male player has a better chance of developing than a great female player a fair and equitable system.
If we really want equality on all sides, areas should have a girls house league, a boys house league and a UNISEX competitive league. It's not right to exclude people from playing in the best leagues based on gender than it was to exclude black baseball players before Jackie Robinson. If you are good enough to play on the best team, then you are good enough to play on the best team. Period. End of story.
BTW - that door does swing both ways.... if the girl's softball team just happens to be better than the boy's team, then in THAT case, I think a boy, should he so wish to do so, should be able to compete for THAT team. But I think that would rarely be the case.