defining feminism - cont'd further

It makes sense to discriminate based on height and/or weight sometimes... certain jobs require certain physical abilities. None of those abilities has anything to do with what is or isn't in a person's pants, however.

You can look at sports the same way. (Even though I actually really enjoy watching the WNBA) Why not just create the NBA divisions 1, 2, and 3... base them on height and weight, and call it a day? Even now, in the NBA, there are 7ft. players and 5' something players. Wouldn't the game be more fun to watch if the players were more evenly matched? ...and if the answer is no, and people really want to see a 7 ft. player vs. a 5 ft. something player, then why not just integrate the NBA, and allow women to play?

ok, given, if it weren't for the WNBA, women wouldn't get the chance to play in a "major" league right now, but why not change the NBA rules/traditions to make it fair, rather than adding a "W" to it and further enforcing the concept of polarized sexes?


One of my problems with most "feminists" that I've encountered is that they focus more on the "separate" part than the "equal" part, and I think that's rather counterproductive to what feminism is supposed to be about.

Don't fight for a WNBA, fight for fairness within the already established NBA. If you start a new division of the NBA, don't alter the court, shrink the ball, and call it the WNBA, call it the NBA, division 2 and open it up to all people that are too short for the (fair, based on height, division 1) NBA that is already up and running.


am I ranting?

oops. sorry.