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[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Excellent thread Chris

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I get your point and don't disagree. But I doubt that, if I ran down our street in just my undercrackers, anybody would call me empowered.

Emaciated or emasculated possibly?

 

[chrismpw]

Emaciated or emasculated possibly?

I suspect just "disturbing."

 

[witchdoc187]

Good on her.
I recall a US player done it once.
The girl loves footy.

and i love boobs so its WIN WIN

 

[Oddball]

lol wonderful indeed

 

[Shibbywiggles]

I'm no expert in understanding women, but exactly WHO has been saying they shouldn't? The veiled take from certain media is that its down to a repressive male patriarchy - but my guess is that it is peer pressure from other females embarrassed to do the same.

I think its the whole old fashioned ‘women should be seen and not heard’ and are brought up to be meek and mild rather than behaving like a lad.

It’s definitely not as much a thing nowadays as it was but some older women will take pride in that fact and make posts like that.

The world is becoming less and less sexist and racist and homophobic every year I reckon by the time I’m old people will just do whatever they want without worrying what anyone will say.

 

[Jebus_lives]

You tell me .... seems anything ordinary that a woman does these days is called empowering by the BBC and similar media.

The fart my missus laid down yesterday would probably be described as such in that it emptied a room.

I bet you took credit for it. Classic patriarchy.

 

[COYBL25]

Emaciated or emasculated possibly?

How about ejaculated ?

 

[Jebus_lives]

I get your point and don't disagree. But I doubt that, if I ran down our street in just my undercrackers, anybody would call me empowered.

They might if you had done it after a significant achievement. You could've done something special like produced a fart more potent than your wife, for example.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

I get your point and don't disagree. But I doubt that, if I ran down our street in just my undercrackers, anybody would call me empowered.

As a (presumably) white, (from your posts re your missus) straight fella you’re not really in need of further empowerment though, are you? Womens’ footy was banned for half a century and then mostly disregarded and woefully underfunded for a good while after that. People then deride it for being of a worse standard than the mens’ game as if there was anything resembling a level playing field for them to operate on.

All that is to say that I think the “empowerment” take is specifically in regards to footballers in this instance. The image should be looked back on as the one that drove young girls into grass roots footy setups in their droves, as opposed to the one that rocked humid basements all over the country.

 

[TommyDavo]

As a (presumably) white, (from your posts re your missus) straight fella you’re not really in need of further empowerment though, are you? Womens’ footy was banned for half a century and then mostly disregarded and woefully underfunded for a good while after that. People then deride it for being of a worse standard than the mens’ game as if there was anything resembling a level playing field for them to operate on.

All that is to say that I think the “empowerment” take is specifically in regards to footballers in this instance. The image should be looked back on as the one that drove young girls into grass roots footy setups in their droves, as opposed to the one that rocked humid basements all over the country.

Level playing field? You not been to Yeovil?

 

[magicjuan]

I think its the whole old fashioned ‘women should be seen and not heard’ and are brought up to be meek and mild rather than behaving like a lad.

It’s definitely not as much a thing nowadays as it was but some older women will take pride in that fact and make posts like that.

The world is becoming less and less sexist and racist and homophobic every year I reckon by the time I’m old people will just do whatever they want without worrying what anyone will say.

That's bloody minded anarchy and would mean the end for the Daily Heil and arsewpie rag ?

 

[magicjuan]

As a (presumably) white, (from your posts re your missus) straight fella you’re not really in need of further empowerment though, are you? Womens’ footy was banned for half a century and then mostly disregarded and woefully underfunded for a good while after that. People then deride it for being of a worse standard than the mens’ game as if there was anything resembling a level playing field for them to operate on.

All that is to say that I think the “empowerment” take is specifically in regards to footballers in this instance. The image should be looked back on as the one that drove young girls into grass roots footy setups in their droves, as opposed to the one that rocked humid basements all over the country.

There's an irony that all female empowerment revolves around braziers. Back in the 60s and 70s a huge spate of arsony took place in the name of empowerment. For the love of Mike and Michaela which way is it? ?

 

[Jimishorts]

On a side note ... has anybody made it into a slow motion gif yet? Asking for a friend of course.

One for your ‘friend’ chris.

 

[MikeH72]

I was a fan tbh, gave me the inclination to keep an eye on the women’s footy going forward.