Posted on 11/14/2023 8:18:15 AM PST by Red Badger
It really is up to the women. It shouldn’t be and it’s asking them to give up a lot but it is the only way now.
Pool? The author refers to a geriatric pool player as an athlete?
How is a female disadvantaged in pool or darts?
I seriously don’t get it.
One might question why men and women are even segregated at all in a competitive event as cerebral as POOL.
They could have male, female, and open categories. God bless Lynne.
Fruitcake stands there smirking, like he actually won something.
Doesn’t matter. There are womens leagues and mens leagues. Stay in your lane.
This woman was disadvantaged by her opponent’s height and reach, and body strength.
The revolution has to start someplace why not there? I applaud it.
Now if some of ladies here would do the same.
Too bad there are so few women like her.
More often than not women are their own worst enemy. They are too easily manipulated by emotions.
For one thing, compare the photos. That thing is 7 or 8 inches taller than the woman. Better reach out onto and across the table.
For all practical purposes, the male category IS the open category.
larger hands mean better angles above the balls on the table... taller or longer legs means better stretching and placement...
men are better at math and angles...
real breasts can get in the way.
just a few examples of the advantages men have over women pool players... also they can hit harder and hold their liquor better.
I get it. Olympic swimming tried the same dodge: Male, Female, Transgender. There were no takers for Transgender.
For Chris “Harriet” Haynes to win by forfeit must be like kissing his brother.
Some might wonder why there is men's billiards and women's billiards. Well men typically do have advantages in this game over women. For starters, they tend to have more powerful breaks, which gives them a better position right from the first shot. Men tend to be a taller, giving them superior reach across the table (judging from the picture of this man that the woman refused to play, he seems pretty tall).
I'm sure there are other advantages.
Point is, while there is nothing wrong with friends playing together of both genders - and I've been beaten by women often at pool - when it comes to competition, it should definitely be men only or ladies only.
In the words of the famous and heroic spy Austin Powers:”She’s a MAN BABY!”
It really is a shame that all of the females who faced this fake woman in the preliminaries hadn’t done the same ...
To me, the point is this male isn’t a woman, so shouldn’t be in a women’s competition, whether or not there’s a competitive advantage. It’s just not right. You can’t change your DNA. We have to stop coddling and enabling these mentally ill people.
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