Really? When did referee’s stop breaking up fights?
When did nuns stop breaking up fights in high school? Your question does nothing to show there should be no women referees. I went to a boy’s high school, and it was the nuns who constantly patrolled the halls; and they were the ones who broke up the fights. Your point shows nothing.
For the same reason they would have a problem with a male bridesmaid at a wedding.
is that the best you can do? That has nothing to do with the propiety of a woman referee, and absolutely no relevance.
Nothing about being red faced intrinsically, but the fact that she is red faced doing an un-lady like profession is a surrender of her femininity.
other than your statement that it is unladylike, you have given no evidence.
Sure it does. She’s forsaking it for a man’s game. A man getting red-faced while doing a manicure would look just as silly.
Neither men nor women get red faced doing a manicure. Is that the best you can do?
That’s an appropriate situation for a woman to get red faced. =
The only thing you can come up with is your opinion that refereeing is inappropriate; that however is a conclusion. Show your evidence.
There’s got to be an internal motivation at work. And there are external consequences to choices that are made. Some of them wear away at the natural identity that God has given man and woman.
The internal motivation may be that she likes refereeing. that has nothing to do with whether or not she should. Asw I said, why she wants to do it is irrelevant as to deciding whether or not a woman should referee.
Boys would generally be able to establish their own refereeing as well.
Again, irrelevant as to whether or not a woman should referee.
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remember playing basketball with Sr. M P in the school yard. Butting heads and bumping bodies. I didn’t realize till later how inappropriate it was and how right the Mother Superior was for calling her back into the Convent. She was a young and attractive woman. It could’ve been a near occasion of trouble/sin had I been a year or two older.
If you want to hit on nuns, that is a different issue. Your point is irrelevant as to whether or not it is appropriate for a woman to referee. A young teenage boy who may be having problems with sexual identity might be attracted to a male referee; that is the boy’s problem and not an indicator that a male should not referee. And if a boy is having problems with a female referee, he has no business butting heads with her or bumping bodies with her; for that matter, they have no business doing that with a male referee. The problem gets solved quickly, as the boy who does that won’t be playing for long. It is called a technical.
Because gender identities have eroded that much more.
It is your problem as you are the one who identifies refereeing as a male only job. Do you identify typing up a paper fon a copmputer as a female job - as in secretary work?
No. I think short shorts and a tight striped shirt are the way to go for modest dressing. Just as I think a strapless ball gown is appropriate for men going to the office.
Given that I have yet to see any referee - male or female - in short shorts and tight shirts, your point is not conducive to the conversation, nor is it indicative that a woman should not referee. There are some people who cimply cannot be around women without having lustful thoughts, whether they are in the stands watching the game or in the floor refereeing it. That, however, is a problem of the individual and is not indicative of any intrinsic issues as to the rightness or wrongness of a woman refereeing a boys basketball game.
Maybe you just don’t notice in your gender free world.
I don’t live in a gender free world. I just learned long ago that gender is not an issue in many jobs. You are the one who wants to make it an issue, and all we have is your opinions with nothing backing them that your “it is because I said so” approach.
Yes. I value the dignity of women.
one of the most dignified women I have known was an older, very short nun who had artheritic knees. She would walk down the hall moving from side to side; and it was amazing how fast she could move with stiff knees. I remember many a time seeing her wade into a group of juniors and seniors who were in a scuffle, and reach up to grab the two combatants by the collar and haul them up short. Everybody respected her. Your comments are specious at best. I am not convinced that you respect women; it appears more that you respect an image of what you think women should be. And the question is, if a woman doesn’t meet your image, do you still respect her?
People are more often than not affected by how they dress. The mode of dress affects the attitude. Look around in Church and you’ll spot the trends.
Which ahs nothing to do with a woman wearing a uniform.
Feminine clothing and behavior will help to remedy that far more than a ref’s outfit.
Agian, non responsive to the issue.
Well, if you don’t understand that a Catholic incorporates their faith into every aspect of their identity from the food they eat and the time of day to the activities that they engage in, that’s your problem.
I don’t seem to be the one with the problem here.
