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Difference between everyday male bowling speed and top female speeds is too large to make any real sense
The first rule when comparing women’s sport to men’s sport is: don’t compare women’s sport to men’s sport. This is generally a pointless exercise, used more often to denigrate or shut down a discussion. More widely the men v women dynamic is one of those red flags, a sign in any social media debate that you’re drifting into the arena of the unwell.
It’s up there with having lots of letters and acronyms after a Twitter name or engaging in long, accusatory conversations about perceived bias against José Mourinho led by people whose internet avatar is the scowling, righteous face of Mourinho – the digital equivalent of plastering a piece of pink, sweating processed ham over your face, cutting out a set of eyeholes and then taking part in a live televised debate about the evils of vegetarianism. And yet sometimes it is necessary to compare men and women in sport. If only to emphasise the way two needlessly parallel codes may benefit from a little more joined-up theory and practice. Continue reading...