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Alan S
Lv 6
Alan S asked in SportsBaseball · 2 years ago

Why is it ok to list the weights of male athletes but not female athletes?

I'm watching a college softball game and one of the pitchers looks like she's twice the size of the other players. I was curious to see what she weighed, I was guessing 200 minimum, maybe 250 or more. So I went to the team's roster page, and they list heights only, not weights. But if I go to the men's baseball roster page for the same school, they list heights and weights. I'm all for equality, and I think if they list the men's weights they should also list the women's weights. I'm not trying to be sexist. If I saw a male baseball player who looked like that, I would look up his weight as well.

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  • Alice
    Lv 6
    2 years ago
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    Same reason you get paid more for the same amount of work.

  • 2 years ago

    To make it equal they would remove the men's weights. That's how it goes.

  • 2 years ago

    Courtesy to the women.

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