Sports jargon
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Communication is fun. Some people have sense while others have sensibility.
LOL! I'm not into sports myself except for the Olympics and Ultimate Beastmaster show on TV.I notice in male dominated workplaces, they all use this sports type jargon when discussing business. like
'hit the ground running'
'toe the line'
'touch base'
'par for the course'
'get the ball rolling'
'take one for the team'
and other such metaphors. I'm wondering if this happens in church settings too because I would get very confused if a preacher started talking about baseball in the middle of a sermon and expect everyone to know what he is talking about.
Is it a pep rally?
I had a boss who liked to play golf and he always would ask me if I was winning.
I had no idea what he was referring to because I wasn't playing golf or any games in the library.
So I just gave him my secret smile. I mean what else can you say. I hope to break my losing streak? I'm bowled out? Teed off? Out for a duck?
I had no idea what he was referring to because I wasn't playing golf or any games in the library.
So I just gave him my secret smile. I mean what else can you say. I hope to break my losing streak? I'm bowled out? Teed off? Out for a duck?
I don’t think we will see mixed teams ever. I think it will be more like the men’s team and the men that identify as women team, while the people that were born a woman will be on the bench or watching a home.
..at least that’s what’s going on with swimming right now
I notice in male dominated workplaces, they all use this sports type jargon when discussing business. like
'hit the ground running'
'toe the line'
'touch base'
'par for the course'
'get the ball rolling'
'take one for the team'
and other such metaphors. I'm wondering if this happens in church settings too because I would get very confused if a preacher started talking about baseball in the middle of a sermon and expect everyone to know what he is talking about.
Is it a pep rally?
this reminds me of my pastor because he is always fitting in sports wherever he can. My mother doesn’t like it. Haha she says that he plays too much.I was at the high jump with the boys.
We set the bar first at 130cm and think got up to 155cm.
I'm surprised my boss hasn't mentioned anything about 'setting the bar high'. However I thought the senior boys had it too easy, they just hopped over like bunnies, or walked over with their long legs. What they should have done was made it a limbo and they tall boys had to go UNDER it.
The junior girls of course, none of them could do the high jump. I don't think any of them made it over. Why they made them do it I don't know! For the junior girls, they should have had a best cartwheel event, or longest hula hoop spin.
I know adult men cannot hula hoop. They can try but they can't do it, they have no hips.
We set the bar first at 130cm and think got up to 155cm.
I'm surprised my boss hasn't mentioned anything about 'setting the bar high'. However I thought the senior boys had it too easy, they just hopped over like bunnies, or walked over with their long legs. What they should have done was made it a limbo and they tall boys had to go UNDER it.
The junior girls of course, none of them could do the high jump. I don't think any of them made it over. Why they made them do it I don't know! For the junior girls, they should have had a best cartwheel event, or longest hula hoop spin.
I know adult men cannot hula hoop. They can try but they can't do it, they have no hips.
All I know is we all need an occasional mulligan.
I saw a few boys wear rara skirts on the track. My school doesn't have a cheer team thats all girls so it was mixed. It was just something some of the seniors came up with wearing house colours.
At my school, both girls and boys participate in athletics, but the events themselves are mostly separate. It's not like only the boys can do athletics and the girls have to stay behind.
I think everyone would cry injustice if that happened! In the olden days, few girls even went to college or were even allowed. Education (and sports) was a preserve of males. I am glad that females can have physical education, though I myself am not that great at it, and its NOT because I'm female, I'm just not that coordinated in general lol. I'm sure if I trained hard and put my mind and body to it, I could do well in it, but it's not really my thing. My sister was very good at sports and continued playing into adulthood, but for me I wasn't competitive and only did things for fun.
At my school, both girls and boys participate in athletics, but the events themselves are mostly separate. It's not like only the boys can do athletics and the girls have to stay behind.
I think everyone would cry injustice if that happened! In the olden days, few girls even went to college or were even allowed. Education (and sports) was a preserve of males. I am glad that females can have physical education, though I myself am not that great at it, and its NOT because I'm female, I'm just not that coordinated in general lol. I'm sure if I trained hard and put my mind and body to it, I could do well in it, but it's not really my thing. My sister was very good at sports and continued playing into adulthood, but for me I wasn't competitive and only did things for fun.
In the US, we have what is called Title IX. The law states: "No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
This became law in 1972. In the good old days, defining "sex" was easy; boy/girl. Now they are working to amend Title IX to include sexual orientation or gender identity.
We have an office called "Civil Right Compliance" that handles these types of discrimination complaints. When they ask questions about gender, they have to ask it like: "What gender do you identify with?" I do not know how many Title IX complaints our school district gets, but I have been told it is a very large number, but I do not believe we have had cases where one gender is protected to be allowed to be a member of a sporting event normally reserved for the opposite gender. I am pretty sure that our state governor would actually entertain the idea. Currently, public school teachers in Florida are banned from holding classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity after Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis, signed the controversial "Parental Rights in Education" bill.
I do recall that when we lived in Virginia, our oldest daughter was co-captain of the high school cheerleading team. There were several male members. One of the boys wanted to be allowed to wear the same uniform as the girls. The family threatened a lawsuit, and the school allowed it. It was very strange to watch that.
Well NZ has different laws to the US
I think there are some laws regarding equal opportunity employment but I think some workplaces have a long way to go while others are relatively equal, it depends on the employer really.
I am not sure about schools because there are still a lot of single-sex high schools around. Maybe the law is for every single sex school there has to be one of the opposite gender in the same area? I went to co-ed schools for all my schooling. But when I applied and interviewed for single-sex high schools I wondered about that.
Where I experience the most gender apartheid it seems is in churches! Many seem to have women only events, conferences, groups etc. But then men get put off joining all female things like the members of one of my garden clubs is almost exclusively female, though its never said in the rules that it has to be, though it began in the olden days when men and women did very separate activities - its about 60 years old.
However my other group is not.
There are also magazines for women which tend to reinforce stereotypes I think. A lot of them are just gossip rags that have celebs, royals, and recipes for dinner (though no longer knitting and sewing patterns) and fashion spreads. As if that's all women care about. They never have women on the cover playing sports or game tips or anything like that.
I think there are some laws regarding equal opportunity employment but I think some workplaces have a long way to go while others are relatively equal, it depends on the employer really.
I am not sure about schools because there are still a lot of single-sex high schools around. Maybe the law is for every single sex school there has to be one of the opposite gender in the same area? I went to co-ed schools for all my schooling. But when I applied and interviewed for single-sex high schools I wondered about that.
Where I experience the most gender apartheid it seems is in churches! Many seem to have women only events, conferences, groups etc. But then men get put off joining all female things like the members of one of my garden clubs is almost exclusively female, though its never said in the rules that it has to be, though it began in the olden days when men and women did very separate activities - its about 60 years old.
However my other group is not.
There are also magazines for women which tend to reinforce stereotypes I think. A lot of them are just gossip rags that have celebs, royals, and recipes for dinner (though no longer knitting and sewing patterns) and fashion spreads. As if that's all women care about. They never have women on the cover playing sports or game tips or anything like that.
hmm interesting.
I don't think anybody reads those here, we have NZ Rugby magazine. Extremely male dominated field, though in recent times the female rugby team has had more of spotlight.
But then the tech magazines also have women on the cover, with machines.
I'm talking about the womans magazines that are about women and exclusively for women - like the Womens Weekly, Womans Day, and there's even a magazine just called...Woman.
I kid you not.
