Why do SOME ladies dislike watching sports so vehemently…?
Firstly, I am proud to have a girlfriend who keeps up with football (at least college ball) better than I do. In any case, the reason is almost certainly cultural. Men who dislike sports often find their masculinity questioned as a result, and women who are “too” into sports often find their femininity questioned as a result, and so people of each gender without the will to challenge society’s expectations of what their hobbies and interests should be find themselves funneled into the “appropriate” categories. As for the rest, well, sports are an acquired taste. Some people are into them, others aren’t. (More frequently, many people are into some sports but not others – I can sit down and watch any reasonably competitive game of football, but basketball bores the living hell out of me (bounce, bounce, SCORE, bounce, bounce, SCORE – oh, hey, now the score’s two billion versus two billion and THREE.
