Saturday, July 20, 2002

Who Ever Said Girls and Boys Are the Same?
An Editorial by Chris M.


Tiger (actually, that's Tigrrrrrr) Woods has been getting some heat from the media lately. This year's British Open was held at Scotland's Augusta National, a country club that does not allow females to be members. When the media asked Tiger what he thought about this policy, he basically said that Augusta National has the right to run their business how they want. Lots of people were upset that he said that, and they claimed that because Tiger is a minority, he should understand why things like that are so evil.

But I agree with Tiger. After all, it's in Scotland, which, although it is not the United States, is actually a free country-- a land of FFFRRREEEEDDDDOOOOMMM (haven't you ever seen Braveheart?). So, let them do their thing-- without women. I mean, what are we trying to do here, pretend like there's no difference between men and women? Any little kid know's that there's a difference. Boys have something extra that girls don't have-- stunning immaturity. Quite frankly, I'm surprised women don't push for more "men-only" locations. Especially when it comes to men-only golf resorts. When was the last time you heard a woman say, "Gosh, I sure do wish I could be in the company of old, boring, cheating, lying men with bad pants, cheap beer, and big smelly cigars..."? Golf courses give us the opportunity to group all these guys together and isolate them from the rest of society. Why would women want a key to that kingdom?

Besides, we have given women chances in what used to be men's sports: golf, wrestling, football, baseball , basketball, and many more.

But nonetheless people will complain. Right now, somewhere in this world, there is a woman exercising on her bike in her women's health club, wearing the shorts she got at the sports store for women, watching the Women's Entertainment channel on TV, complaining to her friend about how men exclude women so much. When she's done, she'll go from the gym to her girls-only hairdresser to get ready for ladies' night at the local bar. After a few free drinks, she'll go back to the "Ladies First" hotel, where she'll dream about one day being honored during Women's History Month.

So everyone should just lay off of Tiger Woods. Women have their own things too. It's not so bad that some things are just for men. In fact, in some cases, it's better that way.

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