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bobandcarole[_15_]
July 7th 07, 01:41 AM
On Jul 6, 8:44?pm, "Jude + Alexander" > wrote:
> "Hyerdahl" > wrote in message
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> oups.com...
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> > On Jul 6, 11:03 am, "Jude + Alexander" >
> > wrote:
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> >> My wife was athletic all her youth and excelled in everything she did
> >> (She's
> >> now 37), being the best or 2nd best on every team she ever played on.
> >> When
> >> I met her at age 25, she could do 150 situps and 10 men pushups (30
> >> women's
> >> pushups) and she wasn't even muscular or bulky in anyway. Granted, most
> >> women don't pursue sports much and therefore are really weak throughout
> >> their lives but that could be changed IF they wanted it. She attended
> >> (for
> >> awhile) the Women's hospital fitness center and could leg press the
> >> maxium
> >> on the exercise center.
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> > Sounds like the typical jock, And there are girl and boy jocks. :-)
>
> I guess you could call her a girl jock. :) She was beautiful, tall, sleek
> (still is at 37) but surely can't do the same psychially as back then. She
> actually fought a short weak man who tried to rape her in a stairwell while
> attending college and walked away fairly physically unscathed, winded and
> some bruises but nothing broken. However, something like that never really
> leaves a person.
>
> >> I always laugh when goombas talk about equality between the genders and
> >> ALWAYS bring up our greater physical strength as proof of "inequality."
> >> We
> >> can't bear children. Does that make us un-equal to women or not
> >> deserving
> >> of social or legal equality? :)
>
> > Indeed. The real point here is whether or not women should have to
> > BE men to play sports. The answer is a resounding 'no'.
>
> Ironically, all these goombas

"goombas" LMAO!!!
How old are you judy?





that whine about men and women not being equal
> are like children who can think only in the physical plane. It's NOT about
> the physical. It's about social and legal equality. Even children know
> that there are differences (and thus, in a sense, inequalities) between the
> genders... :)- Hide quoted text -
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July 7th 07, 04:09 AM
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bobandcarole[_15_]
July 7th 07, 02:51 PM
On Jul 6, 8:41?pm, bobandcarole > wrote:
> On Jul 6, 8:44?pm, "Jude + Alexander" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
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> > "Hyerdahl" > wrote in message
>
> oups.com...
>
> > > On Jul 6, 11:03 am, "Jude + Alexander" >
> > > wrote:
>
> > >> My wife was athletic all her youth and excelled in everything she did
> > >> (She's
> > >> now 37), being the best or 2nd best on every team she ever played on.
> > >> When
> > >> I met her at age 25, she could do 150 situps and 10 men pushups (30
> > >> women's
> > >> pushups) and she wasn't even muscular or bulky in anyway. Granted, most
> > >> women don't pursue sports much and therefore are really weak throughout
> > >> their lives but that could be changed IF they wanted it. She attended
> > >> (for
> > >> awhile) the Women's hospital fitness center and could leg press the
> > >> maxium
> > >> on the exercise center.
>
> > > Sounds like the typical jock, And there are girl and boy jocks. :-)
>
> > I guess you could call her a girl jock. :) She was beautiful, tall, sleek
> > (still is at 37) but surely can't do the same psychially as back then. She
> > actually fought a short weak man who tried to rape her in a stairwell while
> > attending college and walked away fairly physically unscathed, winded and
> > some bruises but nothing broken. However, something like that never really
> > leaves a person.
>
> > >> I always laugh when goombas talk about equality between the genders and
> > >> ALWAYS bring up our greater physical strength as proof of "inequality."
> > >> We
> > >> can't bear children. Does that make us un-equal to women or not
> > >> deserving
> > >> of social or legal equality? :)
>
> > > Indeed. The real point here is whether or not women should have to
> > > BE men to play sports. The answer is a resounding 'no'.
>
> > Ironically, all these goombas
>
> "goombas" LMAO!!!
> How old are you judy?
>
> that whine about men and women not being equal
>
>
>
> > are like children who can think only in the physical plane. It's NOT about
> > the physical. It's about social and legal equality. Even children know
> > that there are differences (and thus, in a sense, inequalities) between the
> > genders... :)- Hide quoted text -
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