Canadian Gold
Congratulations to the Olympic Champion Canadian Women's Hockey team!
There was never any doubt in my mind that they'd be able to bring home a gold medal, but it doesn't mean that the victory wasn't earned or deserved. The Women's team took a lot of flack early on during the round robin after some blow-out games. They were criticised for playing to the best of their ability, and not going easy on some of their opponents. What the hell is that? People never told Babe Ruth to stop hitting so many home runs. They never told Donovan Bailey to slow down a bit. I think that if you're competing at the Olympics, and you're not performing to the best of your ability, you really don't have any business being there.
If the Canadian Men's hockey team were blowing other teams out of the water, no one would be talking about how unsportsmanlike they were behaving. We'd be busy changing street names and organizing parades in their honour. Too bad they're sucking too hard so far to prove me wrong.
Comments
Completely agree. I don't think it's limited to sports. I think when people see women competing aggressively (yet fairly) whether it is in sports or business or academics or any other area, women are unfairly criticized for being competitive or aggressive.
Posted by: heather at February 21, 2006 10:15 AM
and often times it's other women who are doing the criticizing!
Posted by: heather at February 21, 2006 06:34 PM