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Re: Apostolic girls and sports
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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
I'd be careful with girls playing sports, it seems they can become masculinelike, IMO. Look at some women sports the way they walk, sit and so on.... to manly for me.
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Oh, please. I didn't get to play team sports (competitively) as a kid, but I was a COMPLETE tomboy. Climbing trees, playing with boys all the time, basketball, volleyball, I always LOVED to be active. Now I love shoes (the high-heeled variety), feminine dresses, hankies with lace, and chick flicks--and I STILL love to play a good game of volleyball, or go "muddin'" on a 4 wheeler with my girlfriends if I get half a chance.
Femininity isn't threatened by team sports. It's threatened when women feel they have to act or dress like men in order to measure up. That's something good parenting can thwart.
I know quite a few Apostolic women who wear dresses all the time and have probably never even touched a softball who could learn a few lessons about femininity.
Or are you one of those guys who thinks women who sweat aren't feminine? 
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