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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
The answer? Whether it is the LPGA, the WNBA, Women's Association Football, NCAA women's basketball, Women's full-contact football, flat track roller derby, Women's gridiron football, lacrosse, the WTA, or whatever female league we're talking about...is simple. those leagues succeed or not, not because of the skill of the individual female contestants in whatever league we're talking about, but because of the financial subsidization they get (or not) from the MALE counterpart of whatever sport is under discussion.
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The only semi-mainstream sports I can think of, where women and men *could* compete on an equal level, would be figure skating or dancing, or other sport where "grace" and "technique" are as valued as athleticism.
Synchronized Swimming? Break Dancing? Dressage?
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