Comments on: How to invent a sport women would like https://www.isegoria.net/2012/05/how-to-invent-a-sport-women-would-like/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Wobbly https://www.isegoria.net/2012/05/how-to-invent-a-sport-women-would-like/comment-page-1/#comment-507249 Wobbly Mon, 21 May 2012 18:03:47 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29001#comment-507249 This is a very interesting topic since three of my four children are daughters.

Fencing seems to work well for my 9yo girl, as motivated by Xena, Barbie and the Three Musketeers and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Chick sword fighters seem to be common enough in the media.

Fencing needs speed rather than bulk and in France the only fencer I’ve heard of is female (Laura Flessel). She’s carrying the French flag at the olympic opening ceremony.

Daughter 2 is built like a 5-year-old Serena Williams and will do fine at the boyish sports. We’ll see what she wants to do though. Daughter 3 is too young to tell.

That Ninja Warrior show looks interesting. I’ll see how it works on them, though reading subtitles is asking a lot. They do like the assault courses they have seen on things like Chris Terrill’s Commando: on the front line so maybe we can build something challenging outside.

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