>On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Nicole Youngman wrote:
>
>> <<
>> EEEYOWWCH! Perhaps the childbirth thing is why women tend to have
>> higher pain thresholds than men. Anybody know if this (about pain
>> thresholds) is true or false? >>
>>
>> I've been discussing the use of sports to socialize us into gender roles
>>with
>> my students, and one of them suggested the other day that women wouldn't be
>> able to handle the pain of playing football--injuries etc--since they have a
>> *lower* threshold of pain. I said "well, they seem to make it through
>> childbirth" and got some laughter. It amazes me what they'll say sometimes.
>>
>> Nicole
>>
>Besides there are a number of young women playing football in high schools
>today, particularly here in Wisconsin, including a couple of what for
>lack of a better word I will refer to as "linemen."
>
>Mike Levy
Mike,
Really? I think that's great. I remember a girl who wanted to be on the
wrestling team in high school. I think she would've done it, but her
parents "had a hissy-fit". Like many others, I'd've liked to wrestle her,
but I might've not enjoyed it so much if she started kicking my ass.
Perhaps she was just ahead of her time.
-Sean
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