Hah! USA has won 39 Olympic gold medals--26 by WOMEN!

[pink-o]

Here're the stats:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html

Proving once again that the sex who gives birth is the sex that kicks ass

[hlthe2b]

1. TREMENDOUS!

[Iggo]

2. "...if you let me play sports."

[seabeyond]

4. cute...

you gave me a grin.

[seabeyond]

3. pink o... good to see you has been

for ev ahhhh

and booyah.

[pink-o]

9. Back Atcha!!

It's bittersweet for me, since I came of age before Title IX and even though I was tall and strong, I was advised to hide it and act weak (advice given by "helpful" adult women, who were just making sure I stayed "marriageable&quot

I get very emotional when I see women athletes who're confident in their height and strength! I know those medal winners are role models for all the gawky teenaged girls who rue their size and want to be petite. I wish I'd had the courage to tell those well-meaning women to f**k off and continued on my own athletic path. As it is, I'm making up for lost time for the rest of my sordid life!!!

[seabeyond]

14. different worlds. my mom started me in swimming at 2. competitive at 4. and encouraged

me for the next decade and half. in our family, i was treated the same as my athletic boys. i came along right when title IX had been implemented in the school system and everyone was working hard to enforce and succeed.

it really is a different world for us.

i wish you had the support to be able to say.... fuck off, too.

[4th law of robotics]

5. Maybe we should now

put more money in to men's athletics to achieve parity.



No that would never happen.

[pink-o]

11. Something tells me we don't have to worry about male-dominated sports.

Football, Basketball, Baseball, Golf happen every year. Once every 4 years, Sistas get some attention, but when we can command as much of an audience and revenue as the blokes, I'll consider that an even playing field.

As for me, I love watching the guys in just about any sport. Male athletes get a rep for being lunkheads, but they've been the least threatened by my 6'1" self, and they usually have a sense of partnership and teamwork.

And they're usually HAWT!

[Kaleva]

6. Once again people don't give credit to the man who did the hard work 9 months before

[EastTennesseeDem]

7. The things we men have to do.

[KamaAina]

8. Speed only counts in the 100m

[Raine1967]

13. DUZY! eom

[lunatica]

10. LOL!

Thanks for the chuckle! I'm just glad men are willing to do that hard work!!

[Taverner]

12. What can I say? American Women RAWK