Sometimes I hate men. No, I don't mean I hate men...I guess I just hate how our society caters towards men while degrading and devaluing women. It's just...sometimes I get so angry about the shit that women have to deal with. My mom says it's something that all young women go through,when you learn about the injustices of gender roles, it's normal to get angry. But she said most women grow out of it. Well, I don't want to grow out of it. Maybe that's why in such a 'modern' and 'progressive' world women still get the short end of the stick,because they stop being angry and learn to just accept it. Well, I'm not going to accept it, and I'm not going to swallow any bullshit. It's just so frustrating to see again and again how women get screwed over in our society.
What got me on this kick was our Summer Scholar's dinner tonight. Professor Suzanne Condray showed us a documentary she made. It was about The Columbus Quest, a women's basketball team who played in the American Basketball League in the late 90's. These women were simply amazing athletes. One of the women was a mom, and she brought her baby boy with her to all the games and practices and everything. Who says women can't ballance a hectic career and being a mother and a wife?
The film followed them through their first year, and as they won 2 champianships. Then, durring their third year, the ABL went bankrupt and was shut down. The film did a great job of focusing on the story of the team and their victories. But it got me to thinking about the sickening amount of money that male athletes make, while these women were barely making $30grand a year playing PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. Even now, the WNBA has yet to make a profit. The only reason it is still around is that there are powerful people in the NBA who think that it is important for women to have opprotunities to play professional sports. It just doesn't make sense. As we were watching the film, it was clear that the game was exciting, well played basketball. There's no reason for any sports fan to not be excited by women's sports too! Female athletes don't get the respect, the recognition, the media, or the money that they deserve. These women play because it's what they love, they don't play because of fame or fortune, cause it's not there. They are the real athletic heros of our time, because they represent sport at its purest and most honerable form.
So the moral for the day....support the WNBA and all women athletes.
oh, and here's a photo for you. I call it 'Less than Perfect love'.
