One of the most overused tropes in Hollywood for the past decade, at least, is the girl-boss action heroine who is just like male action heroes, but better because she is a woman. That means in the action hero or super hero genres that some 100 lbs. waif with biceps no thicker than an average man's wrists, is able to throw around men more than twice her size with ease.
I understand that some people enjoy this type of thing. Feminists, for instance, think it is empowering. The problem is when this attitude leaks into the real world. While I don't see them come across my feed very often, at one time I saw quite a few YouTube videos of women that thought they could pick fights with men and win. It doesn't work that way--the real world obeys the laws of physics.
This seems to carry over into sports. Thus, the many advertisements, TV shows, and movies that show women besting men in various sports. So it is interesting when you see reminders that even professional female athletes are generally no match for teenage boys: "'World's sexiest footballer' is on the losing team as Swiss women are beaten 7-1 by 14-YEAR-OLD boys ahead of Euros"--Daily Mail (h/t Instapundit).
The Swiss women's team slumped to a 7-1 defeat to male Under-15 side FC Luzern in a disappointing warm-up match as they prepare to host the Euros next month.
Alisha Lehmann, previously dubbed the 'world's sexiest footballer' was part of the side which took the lead through Alayah Pilgrim before conceding seven goals in a row to the youth team.
The defeat was their second to an Under-15 side in their Euro 2025 preparations having also lost 2-1 to FC Solothurn.
Footage of the match circulated on social media and reportedly received 70,000 views on TikTok before being deleted.
It's not just the Swiss women's team. This story is from 2017: "FC Dallas under-15 boys squad beat the U.S. Women's National Team in a scrimmage"--CBS Sports. The boys beat the women's team 5-2.
Reminds me of the time I was unfortunate enough to be in a co-ed judo class.
ReplyDeleteWe had a lot of women that were very athletic, but only one who ever won any fights against the men in the class.
She was probably the most experienced fighter in the room (aside from the instructor) and she only ever won against the other female students or the most inexperienced male students, like myself.
The other women were in an even sorrier state, where the majority of throws just wouldn't work for them due to the size difference.
Even in training drills, we were encouraged to just go limp so that there was some chance of their succeeding (for the sake of practice), and that frequently just resulted in them collapsing under their training partner's weight.
It was sad.
It's a disservice to both groups. The men are held back from actually performing at their full ability when partnered against a woman; and because the women are treated with kid gloves, they don't actually experience what it would be like to be attacked by a man so if they actually have to defend themselves in the real world, they will be caught completely off guard.
Delete14 year old boys should be paid more than World Cup women.
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