Peaches Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 http://lastwordonsports.com/2015/02/20/women-not-inferior-morgan-rielly-girl/ Morgan Rielly said a stupid thing today. If you read, “you’re not here to be a girl about it” and you see nothing wrong with it? I’m talking to you. Let me try to make this as clear as I possibly can: there is nothing inferior about being a woman. The moment you use girl, woman, anything referring to women in order to make your point on how men shouldn’t be you are treating them as inferior. I don’t care if this is common in sports. I don’t care if it’s an old way of talking. I don’t care if you don’t feel like it’s a big deal. You don’t matter here. The women that are insulted matter. Just because the National Hockey League is a men’s league, that doesn’t give some sort of free ticket to refer to other players as women the moment you want to describe doing something the wrong way. Which is exactly what Morgan Rielly is doing. He isn’t saying, “You’re not here to be a girl about it” as an endearing remark. He’s positioning “being a girl” as a negative during tough times in a hockey game. He’s making a clear distinction between men and women. I’m not going to spend the time to bring up female hockey leagues, strong female fans or how the Women’s Olympic team has won more for this country than the Toronto Maple Leafs have in half a century. This isn’t a joke. This isn’t funny. This isn’t about having to remind you about something you should already know. Of course women play hockey. Of course women know hockey. They’ve known and played it for as long as you. I shouldn’t have to make a fancy list for you of all of the achievements and credentials of women in hockey every time some stupid hockey player makes a stupid comment. It’s not my job and neither is it a woman’s job. I shouldn’t have to remind people on a hockey discussion forum that gender insults are unacceptable. We shouldn’t have to tell people to stop calling Crosby “Cindy” or the Sedin’s “Sisters”. We shouldn’t have to remind Don Cherry that women have been entering locker rooms since he was a coach in the 70s. If you replace the word “girl” with a homosexual slur it suddenly becomes something you can’t say on television. It becomes something that the “You Can Play” project would be admonishing the NHL and the Toronto Maple Leafs for not punishing Rielly for his comments. Nobody would be dismissing it that Rielly is just a kid and making a deal out of this is going to run him out of town. We’ve made great strides to remove homophobia from the game of hockey but we’re still having to educate folks on the sexism that runs deep. On the hockey community circles on Twitter we’re already dealing with men having to realize they cannot sexually harass women and that the damage done is not forgotten in the morning. We’re already dealing with women getting unfair treatment for their opinions and being constantly dismissed. It doesn’t help that the few times a website does cover it, they ignore that there’s additional layers to the harassment when it involves women of colour or the women are LGBTQ. When Slava Voynov is arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife it’s a bigger issue for people on what the Los Angeles Kings will do about their cap space instead of educating fans and getting stricter about domestic violence in the league. Women see all of this. They see it and are vocal about it but very few truly listen. Women see it and they can’t help not to. They see it and recognize that in the eyes of the National Hockey League, its media and its fans: they are inferior. They are just there for pink merchandise. They don’t get management or coaching jobs but instead get to clean the ice or give out prizes at game stoppage. They can interview the players but according to names like Don Cherry are not allowed in the locker room. They can talk about hockey but can’t talk about their perspective as a woman. If they say they are a woman on Twitter that watches hockey, with it can come harassment and abuse. They can love the game but they have to accept that the game looks down on them. They are just a metaphor for being weak. You can be fine with this. You can whine, bitch and moan about what men have to deal with and that this is just more outrage. You can give me examples about how you totally respect women in hockey but think this is white noise. You can think this is just the way the game is or blather on about psychology. Women are not fine with this. Neither am I. What are your guys' thoughts on the comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magician Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deets Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Different is not inferior, and anyone that doesn't realize Men and Women are different is daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Who did he say it to? When? This article is very sparse on details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Who did he say it to? When? This article is very sparse on details. There was a tweet in the article that didn't copy over properly. Here it is: https://twitter.com/jonasTSN1050/status/568824454505205760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asian player Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The writer of this really needs to take a deep breath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I don't think Morgan Reilly meant it that way. The writer really went bonanza though. Must've taken this the wrong way. However pretty much what the author wrote, I can agree on. But Morgan simply didn't mean to put that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Being way too sensitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadcanucks Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Morgan Reilly should have said crybabies instead of making gender reference...but wait, then someone would have written an article about how offensive such a comment is to little babies that cry. I guess I'm the person the author of article is speaking to. The author does make one valid point...the Canadian Women's Hockey Team has done more than the Make-Me-Laffs have ever accomplished or done for Canadian pride. Ooops, shouldn't have said Make-Me-Laffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOgRook Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He clearly meant a little girl... He didn't say a woman.. That's my take on it. And nothing wrong with saying don't be a little girl about something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Seriously though, I feel sorry for all players who play for the Leafs. You can literally say nothing. They should almost BAN the fools in the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He clearly meant a little girl... He didn't say a woman.. That's my take on it. And nothing wrong with saying don't be a little girl about something. As opposed to a little boy? That's the writers point. The female gender is still used as an insinuation of weakness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 As opposed to a little boy? That's the writers point. The female gender is still used as an insinuation of weakness. I think there's a double standard that both genders use to insinuate weakness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOgRook Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 As opposed to a little boy? That's the writers point. The female gender is still used as an insinuation of weakness. Having fathered both I believe I can speak as an expert... There is a big diff between little girls and little boys, and there is nothing wrong with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Loved at the end where the author used the B word as a synonym for complaining. My female dog only complains when she needs to go outside to do her business. Sexist much?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 As opposed to a little boy? That's the writers point. The female gender is still used as an insinuation of weakness. And it's such a non-issue that it really is irritating hearing about this crap everywhere. Language has negative idioms regarding both genders. The other day someone called me a dick, yet I didn't write a long-winded article for overzealous nutjobs to fawn over in the arena of political correctness. In Saudia Arabia a woman was sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail for being the victim of a gangrape. Meanwhile in North America, boo-freakin-hoo a hockey player made a passing comment about "being a girl" that's going to be taken in the wrong way so we have an excuse to light our torches and oil up our pitchforks and whine about something inconsequential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdeath Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Lol @ the "Pro Wrestling Dept Head" writing an SJW article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 And it's such a non-issue that it really is irritating hearing about this crap everywhere. Language has negative idioms regarding both genders. The other day someone called me a dick, yet I didn't write a long-winded article for overzealous nutjobs to fawn over in the arena of political correctness. In Saudia Arabia a woman was sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail for being the victim of a gangrape. Meanwhile in North America, boo-freakin-hoo a hockey player made a passing comment about "being a girl" that's going to be taken in the wrong way so we have an excuse to light our torches and oil up our pitchforks and whine about something inconsequential. Would you say you're being 'bitter' about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I thought they made some good points, but then, an odd choice to use the word bitch, after all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabatoge95 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I don't care what anybody says. A guy referring to another guy as a women will always be an insult. Not because there is something wrong with women, but because he is a man, not a woman. Stop being so sensitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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