OK so I was watching a womens basketball game. it was the universities of tennessee and georgia playing. now why are tey called the lady vols and lady bulldogs? i think that makes them secondary and degrading and i think that the womens teams should make up their own nicknames. like the little mens teams can be called the bulldogs or whatever and the womens teams can be called the Breastowners or something strong and female powering like that. i hope every1 agrees with me as a man,
2007-01-14 06:25:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
I agree with you totally, as these names are degrading and superficial. Women need to change how society views them by making choices based on their strength and how they want to be seen. Not as second class, "bulldogs". Names can be empowering when used correctly. I am glad to hear that you as a male are questioning these patriarchal attitudes, and I wish there were thousands more just like you.
2007-01-14 06:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I love being a woman and am never offended when I am referred to as such. Could it be that the teams are made up of women who are proud to be women and more interested in their sport than their name?
I dont think being called a lady anything is secondary in any way. I would assume only people who see women as secondary in some way would think being called lady this or that is an insult.
Or of course a man, I think if I was called 'lady bulldog' as a man I'd be a little offended.
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2007-01-14 08:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by angelkarmachic 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they are female mirror images of the male teams ? Maybe a university does not get to have 2 different teams sounds like a compromise to me they get to have 2 teams for female empowerments sake but under the same name.
What Id really would like to see is more women embracing female sports like gymnastics contortionism synchron swimming and more media coverage for those, something they can excel at. Women playing mens sports inevitably end up to deliver the poor mans version of said sport, while you will hardly see an male contortionist outperform a female one.
2007-01-14 07:11:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, but we should start calling the male teams the "gentleman bulldogs" and the "gentleman vols". They're much better names and I think they would lend more respect to these sports. At the very least it would be good for a laugh.
2007-01-14 06:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by Halley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well,at my high school,the women's teams are called the crazed dogs,because my school used to be all boys,and the mascot was the rams.As a ram is a male sheep/goat,we obviously couldn't be called the lady rams,because that would be somewhat weird =) Many women who have become the 'lady whatevers...' don't particularly mind.It would be kind of hard to intimidate other teams if you were 'the ballerinas',wouldn't it?
2007-01-15 09:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by Lindsey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont see how making something womenly is downgrading.. and why do you care anyway? its a womens team OBVIOUSLY their gonna call it something along those lines
2007-01-17 13:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by ♥♥live&laugh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Breastowners" is an empowering name? Since when?
How about we just name them something non-sexualized. How about a name that doesn't indicate gender at all? Is that possible?
2007-01-14 07:17:46 · answer #7 · answered by heathen 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How about carpet munchers?
2007-01-14 10:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by sowhat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋