Youth Sport - Biggest victims girls?

Submitted by fathers4fairness on Wed, 2015-02-11 15:16

Another "the real victim is girls" article points out the obvious: because women are not as strong/smart as men, they suffer greater percentages of injury per player, but it doesn't say what the total numbers are. Excerpt:

'Recent studies of high school and collegiate athletes have shown that girls and women suffer from concussions at higher rates than boys and men in similar sports — often significantly higher. For instance, in a recent analysis of college athletic injuries, female softball players experienced concussions at double the rate of male baseball players. Women also experienced higher rates of concussions than men in basketball and soccer. Across all sports in the study, the highest rate of concussions was reported not by male football players, but by female ice hockey players. In that sport, a woman experienced a concussion once every 1,100 games or practices — nearly three times the rate experienced in football. The gender disparity exists in high school sports, too. One study, analyzing concussion data for athletes in 25 high schools, found that in soccer, girls experienced concussions at twice the rate of boys.
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We also need more and better science on the gender differences in concussions. There is painfully little research on why female athletes are so susceptible to athletic brain injuries and how to better protect them. For instance, helmets are mandated in boys’ lacrosse, but not in girls’. Without better science, debate rages over whether helmets would make girls less susceptible to concussions, or simply encourage them to be more aggressive on the field, making them more susceptible. And in ice hockey, it’s hard to explain why girls are suffering a higher rate of concussions than boys even though intentional body checking is prohibited in the girls’ game.'

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I didn't see where it mentioned schmartness of girls v. boys, but it did discuss physical differences.

Why the hell no helmets for female HS LAX players are required, I couldn't begin to say. As for hockey, is it possible it has to do with the style of skating itself, and that both male and female players may get concussions from repeated heavy shocks associated with the "stomping" style of skating combined with something else? Can't say, just a guess. But if body-checking is ruled out as a possible source, aside from some secret ritual among female ice hockey players that includes banging their heads against walls, I can't imagine what the problem'd be.

Well, I digress. Point is, this article, while it's good that it has brought up the points it has, is yet another attempt by feminist media sympathizers to take a health issue that heavily affects men and feminize it, as has been done so successfully with heart disease: "Go Red For Women" one day every year but "Go To Hell, Men" every day of the year, it seems. Just as the heart disease awareness efforts around men started picking up, feminists swept in and grabbed the spotlight. Looks like they're out to do so here. Nonetheless, health concerns around athletes are important regardless of their sex. It's just too bad nothing seems to be too much of a problem these days unless it can be tied in with how it affects females.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2015-02-12 05:38

OK, I admit it - they didn't say "smart" anywhere and it was provocative to say so - but what else should one call someone who accepts the underlying, persistent feminist dogma that "gender is a social construct" in the face of obvious physical/biological differences - than dumb?

If you believe that lie, this is what happens to you when you engage in sport activity invented by and large by men for men - to test and challenge themselves.

I used to coach girls soccer and always had them attempt to do leg strengthening exercises as a small effort to counteract ACL injury which is well-known to be very prevalent in girls/women's soccer. I was not able to measure if it made any difference as most of the female players (upto U18 anyways, which was when I stopped coaching) seemed heavier and less speedy than similar aged boys teams. Also between 14-18 most of "average" or less skilled girls (playing for the sake of participation or general fitness seemed to be less of an incentive) stopped playing and the number of girls teams dwindled significantly. Therefore it might have been the pool of female players most likely to effected by ACL injury - highly skilled/adept or over-weight fitness concerned girls.

But "smart" in the sense of "street smart" rather than LSAT measured IQ may be more accurate a descriptor.

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Submitted by fathers4fairness on Mon, 2015-02-16 17:12