Why must softball game prep include bronzer and eyeliner?

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

By Megan Wood My final college softball season starts in three weeks. Time to worry about my makeup and hair? Softball may be a serious, competitive, slide-in-the-dirt sport, but as it grows in popularity (and TV interest), there is heightened attention -- to looking good. When I tuned into the Women’s College World ...

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Why are men running the show in women’s fastpitch softball?

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

By Megan Wood I’ve played softball for 15 years, and for nearly my entire career I have been coached by men. Sure, a few female pitching coaches helped on the side, but T-ball through high school, all of my head and assistant coaches were guys. Even when I reflected on the umpires, ...

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Coed Softball Rules: Institutionalized Sexism

Monday, May 11th, 2009

By Laura Pappano The 2009 recreational co-ed softball season is well underway – and so are sexist practices. Why do organizers assume that female players are – by dint of being female – inferior players? Planet Social Sports -- which organizes recreational (emphasis on recreation) sports primarily in California and Nevada -- ...

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