Indoctrination. "Looking at gender discrimination through my son's eyes" Wonder what dad thinks.

LaughingAtIdiots · 2015-03-29T15:03:15+00:00

That said, I am a Canadian hockey mom, but feel free to insert another professional sport. It’s nothing new that only men play on these teams representing their city, while in many cases, women cheer them on in cute outfits. I grew up with this. It was considered normal and rarely questioned. But now as a mom I see the world through the eyes of my son — and that changes everything.

When Noah was younger we attended a Toronto Maple Leafs game wearing our matching jerseys. I asked if his dream was to play for the Leafs one day. He smiled shyly and said, “No. I want to open an animal sanctuary. Would you ever want to play for the Leafs?” Aside from being too old, I am also too female. And by that I mean I am a woman and not permitted to play in the NHL

Right. And when she got checked into oblivion by these men, she would be the first to claim that we need a special rule to protect the women.

Completely out of touch with reality. It sucks that there isn't a women's hockey league that is taken as seriously as the NHL. Seriously, I get that. If I were a woman who wanted to play professional sports I would feel seriously put out.

SaxySwag · 2015-03-29T15:49:56+00:00

I feel bad for her kid

ElMorono · 2015-03-29T15:59:26+00:00

She does know that their are professional women's sports leagues too?

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

xNOM · 2015-03-29T15:35:24+00:00

The only indoctrination I see going on here is this religious (often leftist) idea that "people are indoctrinated by gender stereotypes" There is no difference between this and "the Patriarchy"

chavelah · 2015-03-29T19:05:13+00:00

I'll bet Dad is also appalled at the way women are treated in Pakistan.

Seriously, WTF? When you get a parent of either sex who can make the distinction between serious sex discrimination in the developing world and irritant-level issues like ice girls, then the kid is going to be OK.

Watching your children find out about social injustice is an awful experience for any decent parent. We have to talk about it, we have to teach them to be realitistic but not complacent (so, enjoy your hockey, but don't raise the next generation of ice girls, and put your actual energy into something important like increasing access to education or clean water or reproductive healthcare or insert-your-worthy-cause here.

It's not an easy job. This woman appears to be striking a decent balance. One does wonder why she describes herself as a "single mom." Disinterested fathers certainly exist, but in this day and age you tend to assume they've been alienated in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

thekarateguy · 2015-03-29T18:18:52+00:00

Holy shit she's raising that kid to be a little beta SJW. He just parrots back whatever mommy says because she's the one with the gummy bears.

Sanguifer · 2015-03-29T19:50:16+00:00

But explaining why girls and women still don’t have the same rights as boys and men is hard to comprehend, since I don’t fully understand it myself.

I think I can just about identify the problem.

Vandechoz · 2015-03-29T20:26:19+00:00

but girls can play in the NHL

thrway_1000 · 2015-03-29T20:59:00+00:00

https://archive.today/mgIMa

LittleHelperRobot · 2015-03-30T14:35:15+00:00

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manon_Rh%C3%A9aume

Seems to me this woman not only tried out for the NHL, but actually played for an NHL team. Her teammates even commented how good she was.

Title	Indoctrination. "Looking at gender discrimination through my son's eyes" Wonder what dad thinks.
Author	jamminnummeruno
Upvotes	28
Comments	28
Date	March 29, 2015 2:02 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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