Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Nov 20 2021 09:04pm)

There's actually a lot of sports women excel at over men, but most sports fans are men and sports caters to men, so they don't get a lot of attention.

and that makes sense, when you realize women were basically banned from sports for a long time. Women weren't allowed to run in marathons because "their uterus would rip". lol

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Nov 20 2021 04:35pm)

Man you got really triggered lol

The WNBA isn't bad because of structural disadvantage. It's bad because basketball is a game where men are better.

I'm saying we value sports where men are better because of structural disadvantage.

Women are better at ultramarathon, rock climbing, shooting, anything equestrian, etc. etc.

There's plenty of places where women are better, we just don't value them.

Quote (fender @ Nov 20 2021 10:39pm)

ofc, i already stated that women are slower and less powerful, they also have lower nets. i'm just saying that unlike women's football, it still looks skillful and competent.

Quote (duffman316 @ Nov 20 2021 12:27pm)

why is the wnba still a thing? can anyone name a single wnba player without looking it up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6mO6v3XXo

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Nov 20 2021 04:04pm)

There's actually a lot of sports women excel at over men, but most sports fans are men and sports caters to men, so they don't get a lot of attention.

and that makes sense, when you realize women were basically banned from sports for a long time. Women weren't allowed to run in marathons because "their uterus would rip". lol

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Nov 20 2021 04:18pm)

Name me a single sport in which "women excel over men".

The primary reason fans care far more about the NBA than the WNBA is not some structural disadvantage based on past discrimination, it's the far inferior athletic ability and level of play in the WNBA which, in turn, is based in biological differences between the sexes.
At the top levels of athletic competition, women just aren't competitive with their male counterparts. The best basketball or soccer players, the fastest runners, highest jumpers, quickest swimmers and so on will always be men. And fans will always be drawn to the highest level of performance or competition that a sport has to offer.

Could women sports be bigger than they are today? Sure. Will they ever come anywhere near the popularity of the respective men? Singular exceptions might exist, but generally speaking, the answer is no.