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This picture depicts the polarization between the
sport of baseball and the sport of softball, and
defines who plays the sport. |
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The image of a baseball player - reinforces
hyper- masculinity. |
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Strength and Muscle...."Tough"
"So boys are being taught over and over again
that real manhood is connected to size and
strength and muscularity".
--Jackson Katz |
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"We’d be naïve to think that the way grown men
act on the field or off has no impact on how boys
learn to think of themselves as men".
--Jackson Katz |
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Today, women
have been "written" out of the game of baseball, yet women have
been a part of baseball since the beginning. |
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1st
Young Ladies Baseball Club (1890). The uniforms were known
to weigh upwards of 30 lbs. |
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Eleanor
Engle, the first woman to sign a baseball contract. She
signed with the AA Harrisburg, PA Senators in 1952.
Baseball commissioner George Trautman voided the contract, and
on June 23, 1952 officially banned women from the minor and
major leagues.
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One Editorial Read: "And Mrs. Engle doubtless is an
accomplished player-for a woman. But women are altogether out of
place on the diamonds or in the dugouts of professional ball.
The reasons should be readily apparent. Opposing players would
be reluctant to slide into a base guarded by a girl infielder,
pitchers would hesitate to throw close to a feminine batter,
tagging would be a problem, baseball could not afford to take a
chance of injury to women in a game played for keeps by men.
Dugout language is too sulphuric for the ears of ladylike
performers, special dressing rooms would have to be provided,
and there always would be the risk of insulting remarks hurled
by smart-aleck fans." |
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