Women STILL Face A Lot of Adversary in Sports

[NotAboutEgo]

Article about Title IX and what COULD happen (this could affect girls'/women's baseball):

http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/issues/rights/article.html?record=1132

Like Ruggiero said, why should women have to "prove" they have an interest in sports to have them provided to them when men don't, AND WHY do men think women's sports have been created at THEIR expense?????

Oh, that's right... women shouldn't have ANY opportunities AT ALL because we are so inferior and our job is to serve :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh!!!!!

Bring it on, boys!!! I will NEVER let my guard down!!! :waving

[bluezebra]

Article about Title IX and what COULD happen (this could affect girls'/women's baseball):

http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/issues/rights/article.html?record=1132

Like Ruggiero said, why should women have to "prove" they have an interest in sports to have them provided to them when men don't, AND WHY do men think women's sports have been created at THEIR expense?????

Oh, that's right... women shouldn't have ANY opportunities AT ALL because we are so inferior and our job is to serve :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh!!!!!

Bring it on, boys!!! I will NEVER let my guard down!!! :waving

1..The word is adversity. Unless you pluralize, and use adversaries.

2..Don't generalize. Not all men think(?) that women have no place in sports.

Bob

[NotAboutEgo]

1..The word is adversity. Unless you pluralize, and use adversaries.

2..Don't generalize. Not all men think(?) that women have no place in sports.

Bob

Dictionary.com's definitions:

5 entries found for adversary.
ad·ver·sar·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dvr-sr)
n. pl. ad·ver·sar·ies
An opponent; an enemy.
Adversary The Devil; Satan. Often used with the.


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[Middle English adversarie, from Latin adversrius, enemy, from adversus, against. See adverse.]

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Main Entry: 1ad·ver·sary
Pronunciation: 'ad-v&r-"ser-E
Function: noun
: one that contends with or opposes another; especially : any of the opposing parties in a legal action


Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.


Main Entry: 2adversary
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or involving opposing parties or interests; specifically : of, relating to, or involving a system of justice in which opposing parties usually represented by counsel present evidence to an impartial decision-maker (as a jury) by a process of questioning witnesses under the supervision of a judge —compare ACCUSATORIAL, INQUISITORIAL


Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.


adversary

n : someone who offers opposition [syn: antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University


adversary

(Heb. satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one
that speaks against another, a complainant (Matt. 5:25; Luke 12:58); an enemy
(Luke 18:3), and specially the devil (1 Pet. 5:8).

[NotAboutEgo]

Both adversary and adversity fit, but I chose the word adversary, because that's what I was talking about. Adversary is an opponent or enemy, and a certain group of people can be spoken of in singular form. Adversaries is NOT the plural form of adversity. Adversary and adversity are two completely different words with completely different meanings.

Dictionary.com's definition of adversity:

2 entries found for adversity.
ad·ver·si·ty ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-vûrs-t)
n. pl. ad·ver·si·ties
A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune.
A calamitous event.


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adversity

n 1: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn: hardship, hard knocks] 2: a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"

[NotAboutEgo]

I was not speaking of the ill-fortune that females face when it comes to sports; rather, I was speaking of the opponents to the advancement of and creation of opportunities for women's sports. In this case, adversary is the "good ole' boys" network that keeps stepping in the way of and trying to curtail the advancement of women's sports.

[NotAboutEgo]

1..The word is adversity. Unless you pluralize, and use adversaries.

2..Don't generalize. Not all men think(?) that women have no place in sports.

Bob

I didn't say all men think women shouldn't have a place in sports. As far as the posts in this thread, if people posting comments have read all of them, they would know what we are talking about. The general comment about men is relating to what could happen with Title IX. It's all relative. And, almost all the men I have ever known think women should be under their control... regardless of what they say about it during conversations. And, that does affect their opinions of many things, including women's roles in sports.

Have you changed your mind about women playing baseball if they want to and that 12 year old girl should go ahead and play baseball and believe she has a future in baseball if that's how she sees it, instead of listening to bigots tell her to give it up and it will never happen and that softball is for her and every other female out there who wants to play ball?

[SoxSon]

1..The word is adversity. Unless you pluralize, and use adversaries.

2..Don't generalize. Not all men think(?) that women have no place in sports.

Bob


There is no point in picking on grammar here, Bob, other than to stir the pot. If you'd like to discuss the topic itself, by all means post, but please don't critique the writing. Thanks.