| SoccerGal | Activity https://womensprosoccer.com/members/soccergal/activity/ Activity feed for SoccerGal. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:42:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 86ae24472bf874dce3d09a31ff6b394e SoccerGal posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-625 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:58:31 +0000 The issue boils down to what it means to be a female, which unfortunately has a different answer depending on the context in question.

In many situations there’s a lot to be said for self-identification, as it clearly offers major psychological advantages to those whose sex assignment changes or never fitted cleanly into either binary…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Caster Semenya. Just wondering what people’s views are on this? My initial view is that it is (rightly) widely accepted that there should be certain categorisations in organised sport – male / […] ]]> a7b6873fec08515c6a4807c3a5a9abe6 replied to the topic Women who changed the world in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/women-who-changed-the-world/#post-4446 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:50:17 +0000 Henrietta Lacks……….born 1920, died 1951.

This woman has unknowingly enabled a wide range of research and contributed to many medical breakthroughs from the development of the polio vaccine, studying and treating cancer, “first cells in space”, in vitro fertilization and many more ……….and the start of medical ethical debate on consent.…[Read more]

]]> 0 66518f3ce447a235cb1d5effe0d2467f replied to the topic Smashing things up in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/smashing-things-up/#post-4429 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:22:00 +0000

If it’s tribalism brought about by football, then isn’t if fair to say that ‘football culture’ is essentially to blame?

Very interesting question. Not being a footie sort of person, I had no idea until I researched it just now that for years football hooliganism has been known as the “English Disease”. How mortifying.

But no, I’m not sure it’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 0871b4888fedb90cc392102415cca153 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4363 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:49:16 +0000 1996 wasn’t a world cup..

We were good in patches but pretty poor in other games. Scotland and Spain especially and that Germany team wasn’t great.

Similar in 1990, we were lucky against Cameroon especially.

This was pretty good. Walker looks a liability but has pace. But he does switch off and takes gambles, lets balls run that a center half…[Read more]

]]> 0 2c3f8cc711249322f8625c77679d48ec replied to the topic Do men like independent women? in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/do-men-like-independent-women/#post-4154 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:14:09 +0000 My father: “Women like you and your mother scare the **** out of men.”

Scary and proud

He is married to a woman who likes to have a nice clean, tidy house full of wee ornaments. And they are very happy.

]]> 0 e331f7ae2dee98bc65859d3c7739342e replied to the topic The President's Club Dinner in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/the-presidents-club-dinner/#post-4117 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:13:41 +0000 The Presidents club was for the “masters of the universe” the “Alpha males” the “men of influence” or whatever phish they believed in to maintain their sense of entitlement.

Surely you can see that power gradient plays a part in how it is perceived and the reaction to it middle aged men of a certain place in the social ladder have a real blind…[Read more]

]]> 0 b1b4487533795bb578da0fda58b61ccd started the topic Womens head soccer coach Phil Neville posts sexist remarks in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/womens-head-soccer-coach-phil-neville-posts-sexist-remarks/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:41:06 +0000 It has been revealed that new England women’s head coach Phil Neville apparently made sexist remarks on social media a couple years ago and now they are coming back to haunt him.

In tweets made on twitter he said that women would be too “busy making breakfast/getting kids ready”

and joked he had “just battered the wife”.

Is Phil Neville sexist?…[Read more]

]]> 0 61223a1a1bf7dd0b916f7c3f19e16452 replied to the topic Milk causing early puberty? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/milk-causing-early-puberty/#post-4095 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 10:04:19 +0000

Couldn’t open the link but is it based on American systems? They farm dairy very differently to the UK (and europe) and use hormones to produce milk rather than the cow having a calf. Their way is illegal here so no hormones in British (and European) dairy products.

Our milk is sampled daily, if there is anything in there that shouldn’t be it all…

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]]> 0 f7a6f9e4c5c7c15ca9348c5986071c7b replied to the topic Milk causing early puberty? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/milk-causing-early-puberty/#post-4090 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:59:21 +0000 https://www.livescience.com/22513-milk-consumption-puberty.html

Maybe not….

More research is needed. I have long wondered if there is a link between formula and early puberty but it does not seem the case, through the effect on childhood obesity is there and that in itself can affect puberty…. Anyway more research is needed.

]]> 0 055fe9e8b64eb1bfad808f10d02280b7 replied to the topic The Mighty Wigan Athletic!! in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/the-mighty-wigan-athletic/#post-4083 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:39:41 +0000 Very funny. Although I have to say I’d take winning a cup plus relegation any day of the week.

]]> 0 2255dc23da8b8c037f9c931f70620887 started the topic The Mighty Wigan Athletic!! in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/the-mighty-wigan-athletic/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:38:40 +0000 For those who like a superstitious punt, 5 years ago Wigan Athletic beat Bournemouth after a replay in the third round. We then went on to beat Man City and win it. Last night, did the same again against Bournemouth (third round after a replay), but even more convincingly. So, place your bets.

Hammers fans – be worried, very worried.

]]> 0 e27dc9b8d7b76d010a3391ea8d55581d replied to the topic How to treat ball of foot pain? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/how-to-treat-ball-of-foot-pain/#post-4080 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:36:59 +0000

I woke up this morning with really bad ball of foot pain

I have had this twice in my life here is my story…

First time was caused by walking around for ages in winter at night on ice in cheap ordinary shoes. The BAD pain lasted 2-3 months then gradually went away

Second time was caused by wearing cheap shoes which had metal studs coming…[Read more]

]]> 0 ff490aae48e23730faebf6f42c169e8b replied to the topic Best running shoes for soccer? in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/best-running-shoes-for-soccer/#post-4066 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:54:18 +0000 I get numbness in some standard trainers, running and cross training etc, if I then do a quad stretch holding my foot a satisfying crunch occurs things settle down. I don’t think my feet like the fixed position/forced break over of that sort of trainer and found I am much better with something more minimalist (I use merell bare access), I have…[Read more]

]]> 0 47b18fb56ffe49c936eebee771a33a6d changed their profile picture https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/190/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:44:47 +0000 0 d8d2198c2cd312c7d327bb196cc4122c replied to the topic Returning crutches to NHS in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/returning-crutches-to-nhs/#post-3937 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 11:43:34 +0000

Did you not try taking them back to the place you got them from (and which you say asked for them back)?

@sista When I got injured, I took a cab to a Minor Injuries Unit, which was closed temporarily. The driver took me to the hospital with A&E instead. I drove today to a hospital nearby just to find ruins – it was demolished, apparently! So I…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e0e1540ca1c8991e9c91fdd81b7a3d0 replied to the topic Returning crutches to NHS in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/returning-crutches-to-nhs/#post-3917 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:33:00 +0000 @kelly Nah, they seemed pretty standard. I was asked to return them regardless as it made sense to me. I really don’t have a use for them. Well, apart from the fact that the scan last month revealed that I have broken my ankle before (fully healed up by now, but there’s a chip floating around) and I am still not sure how that happened.

There’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 75f94548c4d7d6d2e004438940b61bcd started the topic Returning crutches to NHS in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/returning-crutches-to-nhs/ Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:28:15 +0000 I was given a pair of crutches a wee while ago when I sprained my both ankles. They weren’t brand new, but in more than decent nick. Needless to say, they were super handy since I didn’t leave home for a week and was getting a cabin fever.

I was asked to return them as they cost a fair bit. It all makes sense – I am not going to use them anyway…[Read more]

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