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[Serious] What's your hot take?

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knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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I think you mean sports without a physical activity aspect

No, I do not.

Mens egos are so fragile that women were banned from minor league baseball when Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gherig in 1931.

Figure skating was segregated in 1903 for the same reason, Madge Syers took the silver medal from a man.

The history of womens’ sports is rife with examples like this, most sports started out as co-ed and only stayed that way until women started winning.

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amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz
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Figure skating is a perfect example of a performance sport, there isnt any physicality. Also, I think its absolutely ridiculous to claim that Jackie Mitchell striking out an aging Ruth and Gherig in an exhibition match is a woman ‘starting to win’.

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