Julie writes:

Just wanted to share some pictures of teenage girls from my hometown playing basketball. They’re a reminder of how our society encourages this unfeminine behavior. I loved sports as a teenager and was a competitive swimmer, but to me it seemed there were just some sports that were more suitable for males. I actually swam on the boys’ high school swim team as a freshman in the 1970s. There was no team exclusively for girls at that time, so it was allowed. Although I had a competitive spirit, I recognized the difference between my abilities and theirs. It was not commonplace for a female to be a bodybuilder in order to compete with men. We had a mutual respect for one another and functioned as teammates. A year later the first girls’ swim team was formed.

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