To Play or To Not Play: That is the Issue!

This is truly a topic that never seems to get settled nor does it ever go away: gender in sports. This will be an interesting topic for us especially because we have observed some instances of it in our own class.

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What am I talking about? Well a professional, female goalie by the name of Stephanie Labbé wanted to play on the men’s Calgary Foothills FC soccer team. She made it onto the team…BUT the league did not allow her. Why? Because she is a woman. That is all.

Nothing to do with her skill level or her ability: it was her gender which got her barred. To make matters even worse, she anticipated that she would be placed on this men’s team and is now having to scramble to get signed on to play for another team.

Here is a new’s article to provide you with a detailed story. 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/top-female-soccer-player-barred-from-mens-league-1.4644837

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So what do you think about this? Should sports be segregated – that is, leagues for only men and women or should they be mixed? Do you think that Labbé should be allowed to join this team or is she interfering with the men’s league? Do you think that if she played on this men’s team, she might be treated differently because she is a woman? For example, if she had a tough game and let in 5 goals, would people be more likely to say that she is a woman who is not cut out to play in a man’s league or no?  Do you think that news like this discourages women from playing professional level sports or no?

Thank you to Ms. Dunnett for sharing this story when it broke! 

31 thoughts on “To Play or To Not Play: That is the Issue!

  1. matthew1 says:

    In my opinion, it makes sense why the people do not want a women to play in a men’s league, but what I am confused by is the fact those separate leagues EXIST in the first place! It should be mixed, so stuff like this will not happen again! Plus, she is the number 1 female player in Canada, so it does not make sense for these guys to go “Nah, she can’t go in.” And now she could be stopped from playing in ANY league, because she missed the deadline. If they will not break the barrier between male and female leagues, at least make a mixed league for everyone. That would be much better, and I think more people would watch since it is not concentrated to one sex. If that does not happen, I will not know what will help. She earned her spot in the team, but apparently that is not enough to play on another spot on the men’s league. At least there is not a “black” or “white” league. Anyway, I wish for an open team for her so she could actually do something this season. The news is not helping too. It could be both encouraging and discouraging. I can imagine some people going “Naw, she can’t go in a league for REAL athletes!” I can’t believe what some people say. They ARE entitled to their opinion, not that I am saying they should think differently. I just think there should be a mixed league. I bet companies would want to hop on that train so they do not look sexist in any way. Apparently, the team wants her to join, but the league got in the way and kicked her out. I know it makes sense that it would be strange for a woman to play on a league for men, but, SERIOUSLY, get more open-minded! I realized that people did not notice the line between men and women before this happened! Now the no.1 female player of Canada cannot get on a team. Well that sucks. Hope she gets on a European team. So, to soccer fans, get a mixed league, it is weird that men and women play on different leagues. To those sexist people, be more open-minded. That is pretty much it.

  2. naomi19 says:

    I think that this is fair and not fair. First of all I think she is interfering. And why would she join a men’s soccer team if she knows there is a small chance they will let her join. I also think this is not fair because why can’t women do thing that men can do. Like I play soccer and I am a player and I got hit with the ball and they thought I was gonna cry but I kept playing on and my coaches were proud. The point is women should be allowed to do anything they want. What makes men so powerful and women weak we are all human beings and men can be even weaker than women. Men are lazy sometimes and women don all the house work while men just nap watch t.v. and do other thing that are not even helpful. Yesterday my mom was literally cooking all day and guess what my dad was doing he was sleeping! Women work as hard as men. some women work the whole day while some men work like half of a day! I am starting to notice that women are getting all the easy jobs and men are getting all the harder jobs that women can’t do but they can do it. Here is a message for all people: Women can do thing but you just have to let them try and they might be better than you think. Also women you have to be brave and get dirty show the men who’s boss! Then the men will back of and give you a chance and soon women will take over the world! So I have a story that my mom told me when I was little: In Africa their is a karate team that my mom really wanted to go to but they said it was only for boys. And then my mom was angry and she started protesting and they finally let her join. So women give it your all and don’t let people say you can’t do this you can’t do that. STAND UP FOR YOUR SELF!!!!! thanks for reading my blog post.

  3. paanini1 says:

    Really people think that women are worse at sports than men. In my opinion, many women are better than many men. They shouldn’t separate the leagues by boy or girl they should separate by how advanced you are because using the boy separation and girl separation, you are not separating them by level because not all women are bad at sports and not all men are good at sports. The thing is I don’t think she should have gone into a men only league, or women only league. She should have gone to a league where there are other people of her level. The reason she shouldn’t go to a men’s league is that some of the people might be under her level, some might be over, to ensure that there is no inequality and that she won’t have an advantage or another team having an advantage. The world like that would be a much better place where you stand isn’t about your sex or shade but about your ability, who you really are. Your ability shouldn’t be based on what you look like or what is your identity but on how much you practice, how much time you devote in it. The fact is that it is not fully understood that it doesn’t matter about your identity but your ability, maybe someday that will change. Another part of the problem is some women just don’t accept that it is a problem. Some of them are fine with not getting what they want, not all but some. The thing is that if all women saw the problem and protested than this would change with men’s contribution than there is a 99.999… percent chance of success but if we don’t there is a 99.9% chance of failure and that would be terrible for mankind (actually peoplekind). It doesn’t really help the fact that peoplekind is already not exactly stable and add more to that instability and peoplekind would be in terrible trouble. So what we can conclude to is that ibn my opinion there should be separation but not by sex but by ability. I hope I clarify the fact that if we want to stop sexism and discrimination we all have to work together as a team

  4. Benjamin says:

    For this whole millennium, racism and sexism was all around the world, and lots of people were suffering from it. Nobody can stop it because everytime it stops, a stupid person would just make stupid judgements to people. I mean, there is women that always complain, but it doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have enough sportsmanship! We need to throw off that stupid idea of “women are weak”, and accept women as the same as men. Like racism, people think black is worse than white and they shouldn’t have the right to have the things that the white can do. Same for sexism, it does inflict damage to the victim or victims, and scar them for their whole lifetime. Stephanie Labbé had the rights to be in a men’s soccer team, or should I say, soccer team? She challenged her self-esteem and had the braveness to join a men’s soccer team, but those men denied her. What does that make you feel? People these days are not understanding people’s feelings and just do “the right thing”, and make that victim drop its self-esteem to drop to the negative numbers. Also for the fact, mixing things made lots of discoveries. If we didn’t mix colours, we would’ve only have 3 colours: Red, yellow and blue. If we didn’t mix chemicals, then we’ll never make better things. Mixed gender soccer teams might be a good choice! We might make better strategies with this, and improve their teamwork. Those people need to think about an idea of them trying to join a women’s soccer team, and them denying. That is exactly the feeling that Stephanie Labbé is feeling right now.
    We together are a family, the more the people, the stronger we get. If you are those selfish ones, the thing you only get is some bread crumbs while all other people are having a happy life.

  5. naomi19 says:

    So I decided that I didn’t write enough. There have been previous events where this same situation has happened like my moms situation and this situation right now and the biggest one yet women’s rights. If it wasn’t for those women we would’t have had icream to keep us cool no chocolate for desert and so on. But men didn’t do everything to change the world. infact they didn’t change the world at all! Men want to keep it the as the same old world.

  6. daniel169 says:

    I think that this is very unfair and it should not be a thing! Letting only men play in a league and letting only women play in a league is very sexist. My opinion on this is they should have a league where both genders could play. My opinion on Labbe not being able to join a men’s league is very sexist, I mean Labbe is the best female player (soccer) in Canada, right? I hope Labbe can find a soccer league soon. I have this feeling that if Labbe joined this soccer league for men she would be treated differently than the men, again this is because she is a woman. How treated differently? Probably getting less pay, getting less fame, and probably a lot more of the things that I did not name. If Labbe did let in like 20 goals in one game, the media will go crazy! They will probably write something like this: Best female soccer goaltender in Canada lets in 20 goals in one soccer game! This is unbelievable, Labbe lets in 20 goals for random team to win the game! Labbe lets the random team win 20-4! …But if it was a man the media will probably say something else like: bad day for Random as he lets in 20 goals in one game! It is just a bad day for Random as he misses a lot of the shots and lets the random team win 20-4 but its ok because it is only a bad day for Random… Ya, so there should be some difference between a man letting in 20 goals and a woman letting in 20 goals. Now I hope that this event does not discourage any professional sports women to not play in a professional league. All women should be able to play in any league they want, same goes for the men. This might affect professional sports women to not play in professional sports leagues, but as I said I hope this does NOT affect women going into the professional leagues. P.S. as Ms. Panesar said, special thanks to Ms. Dunett for letting us know about this news when it first came out. Thanks for reading this blog post and I hoped you enjoyed.

  7. bosco3 says:

    I don’t really think that women and men sport’s should be separated. They should be able to play together. They should be on the same team if they are like the same age. They are being idiotic. Soccer is a game for every gender. sport are fun so you have to play them. Stephanie Labbé was trying to play soccer like people and then she got regretted by some people. No she was denied by some people. If the People have the different skill then they should go to there level skill. I feel like girl’s will be is the same place and boy’s i feel like the same. Even though we let girl’s and boy’s together it won’t be that fair for the girl’s cause they are not going to as much stuff as when they are with the girl’s. I like this is right am I? thank you

  8. lyiam1 says:

    I personally think that this is a terrible thing that people think is true, that girls can not play sports and that they are weak and cant play anything, well, that’s not true the impossible always happens. I think that there can be leagues that are mixed and some for single genders, for the people who want to play with the same genders and not with different genders. I think in my opinion that Labbé should have been let into the team, just because your’e a woman/girl does not mean that you can’t do anything like soccer or be a goalie. And yes i think she was treated differently because she is a woman and that they think she is weak. For some i think this can discourage people from doing things, but for some people this will be a time to rebel back

  9. brodie1 says:

    I Honestly think that this whole thing is stupid. Me and my family been to many of the women’s national team games in Bc place and this goalie Stephanie Labbe she is really good, i don’t know how to explain how good but shes good, if you want to know how good she came in 3rd place with her amazing team i forget what it was in but it was really good. She is one of the best goalies I’ve ever seen in a long time, their was this one game i went to in Bc place it was Canada vs USA, i was really happy i went to the game because those are like the best teams in their league, plus their rivals, so Stephanie Labbe was in net and, this one really god american player named Meagan Rapinoe i don’t know if i spelt her name right but anyways, she was on a break away she took a really good shot and then Stephanie Labbe saved it, so pretty much Stephanie Labbe saved a shot from one of the best players on the American team. So that proves she has a lot of talent and skill, and theirs this place i go to every Saturday and sometimes i see the Women’s National team training for a big game. So whoever rejected Stephanie Labbe their a stupid NINCOMPOOP this goalie is extremely skilled she would probably help your team so they can actually win this time, and she will make your club a lot of money but she should get most of it. I think she is cut out to be playing for any team she has the skill and talent sure she might let in one or two goals a game, but she’s still really good, they should let her in to Calgary FootHills Fc soccer team, there probably to scared to let her in especially the goalie because they think she might take their spot she’s probably better than one of the goalies, and the goalie doesn’t want her in. And i think Women should be payed equally then men, because sometimes its really dumb, for example there’s this Female soccer player and sh’s better than a Male soccer player yet, the man still makes more. They should be payed equally, i understand if one of the players is really skilled then there’s this player that’s not that skilled, and the better gets paid a little more, but if theirs a Female and a Male that’s really good at soccer, and is one the same skill level then they should be payed the same but that never happens. I think there should be a segregated team’s and coed team’s so then players can do both, i think they should accept a Female or Male if they want to join their team , because you never know they could help you win big games. I bet you if a man wanted to join a really good women’s team they would accept him. Those are my reasons and stories on why they should’ve accepted Stephanie Labbe thanks for reading.

  10. winona2 says:

    I feel bad for this girl. her dream was probably to go on that team. And now the one thing that stopped her from going on the team was her sex. now she has to go and find another team to be on I understand how bad that can be. But if she new that she might not be able to get on the team because of her gender why did she even try out. I am not agenised her in any way I am just saying why did she have to try out for a men’s team and if they did let her on the team there title will be “A Men’s Team And One Women. Why did she not just join a women’s team she does not have to be on a men’s team. Still they could have made a exception for her if she is that good. I wonder how they told here that she could not be in the team cause she is a girl. Maybe they said “oh I sorry but you are a girl and girls can not play soccer go away and do not join a men’s time because we men are so much better at sports then women so off you go”. I know I am pretty sure that they did not say that but still I am pretty sure they said something mean to her. she I now probably trying so hard to find a soccer team that needs a goalie or even find a women’s team to join if the men’s team if they let her

  11. marcus31 says:

    I think that this is very unfair, a lot of things in sports are like this where they try their best to separate women from men but if a women can make a men’s team then just let them be on the team. I don’t think the FC league should have done this as it was obvious that Labbe had enough skill to be on the Calgary Foothills as she made the team fair and square yet the league denied her. I think they should just have 2 teams that is completely based on skill. So no women’s team and a men’s team just two teams that can have both genders. So if half of the girls are better that half of the boys those girls should be able to go onto the top team with the other half of the men’s and the bad half of men’s should play with the rest of the girls. I don`t think Labbe is interfering at all as Labbe is just looking for a challenge. To add on that they would not have to debate if they just made a mixed league. If she was on the men’s team I think that might have caused the media to attract to that team and if any boy said anything to Labbe that was offensive by gender the media would have never gotten over it in 100 years. The old people would be saying to their children ` I lived when Labbe got insulted by so and so. And so and so news company was the first to hear it` and it would be so boring. I don’t even want to do that when I grow old and wrinkly with a gray hair that I comb every day. I think if she did have a rough day they would send her to their junior team of a team that is a lower ranking from that city. When if the men did that they would call it a bad game and people would forget it happened and decide to forget it. I think the media is one thing that is holding girls back from doing things with boys and also money. If girls and boys were mixed in one league then sponsors might not give enough money to the world cup and to people like that all of this is just for money. Not so people can play sports at a high level it is so they can have money.

  12. jessie3 says:

    I think that men should allow women to play on their team, and women let men play on their team. But, i also think that they should be segregated as well. I think that men should let women on their team because it is called sexism if you don’t accept a perfectly capable player on your team because she is a woman. That is called sexism. If you are a soccer player and your reading this, don’t do it. Or else I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways, if you are part of the Calgary Foothills, then shame on you. Cause guess what, the whole world knows who you are now and what you have done. So if i were you, i would pack up my stuff, take my family and move out of the country. Or else, one day, when you least expect it, I will come for you. Additionally, i think that they should also get segregated in their own group, because they want to separate them according to their sex. I think they want to do this just so that it could be fair so you are playing with your own sex. I also think that this is unfair, because women should be treated equal to men. I also think that the people who donated and sponsor the women’s world cup are beautiful people and they should live the rest of their life well and be the happiest people in the world. But the people who think that the men will probably be better because usually men play sports and women usually stay home and cook and clean, then get it together. This is the 21st Century and that doesn’t happen anymore!!!!!!! Some men stay home and women go to work you know. If you are one of the companies, i hate you and will never buy your products ever again!!!!!!!!! (Unless your Costco or Ginger Ale. I love Ginger Ale and i just need Costco to buy all my groceries). Unless you are any of those companies, shame on you. I hope you go bankrupt and your company shuts down forever. I also think that it would definitely discourage other women and girls from trying to play professionally because if they want to go to the men’s team so that they can more money because they get more sponsorships and just because their men, then if a woman already got rejected, do you think that you would get in if you were a woman or girl? I don’t think so. So do you think that this is fair? Let me just put this into perspective for you. So a woman is perfectly capable to play on a mens level, but she is denied. She is perfectly capable, strong, healthy woman and person, but you won’t allow her because she is a woman. Its like Corgi dogs telling Golden Retrievers that they can’t play in the same park as them because their Golden Retrievers and not Corgi’s. Isn’t that just ridiculously insane. Their just dogs, let them be. Just like, their still people, just let them be. Women are still the same species as you, so i don’t understand why they wouldn’t let them on the team just because their freaking women! Their not that different to you! Oh my god! Anyways, bye! And never reject a woman from your team in any sport, or else. 🙂

  13. selina16 says:

    Even though people know that sexism is not the best choice to do, news like this can still be seen. People judge others by their genders, people treat others by their genders. Especially on sports. Men just don’t think women can be compared to them. Why? Because they think women just aren’t the same as men, they think women just can’t be the same as men no matter how they try. And in my opinion, women and men both live in the same environment, and they are both humans. So what is the problem of trusting each other? In that case, women and men should not have any problems with playing sports together. Along with that, Stephanie Labbé should be able to join the team without being kicked out. What the matter if she make some mistakes sometimes, it’s not like anyone is perfect. And about that, people react to others by their genders. For examples, when people make mistakes in sports. When women let in three goals, people would think: Wow, have she even learned how to play sports before, how is she even in the team? But on the other side, when men lets in a few scores. People would just ignore it. Does that seem fair? I’m sure it’s not to me. In fact, people should all be the same. After all of that, what if Stephanie Labbé stayed in the soccer team? Would she be the same as others? Probably not. Now that we talked about how women think about this, what about men? Would there be more to it, then? Now that I think of it, what men are thinking are not all false. Some women are always hiding from the ball or problems, some of the women do need a man to survive. And that is probably the issue that started all of this sexism and stuff. So men aren’t all the ones that caused this problem. What can I say, It’s a messed up place.

  14. isabel2 says:

    I think that these soccer players should respect more women. In fact all men and male sports players respect women. I think that these teams should be mixed because if not something like this will happen to women. I think that the fact that she has to keep looking for other teams is ridiculous . I think if she was on the team she would be bossed around a lot just because she is a women. She should be allowed to be on the men’s team even if she is a women. I know that some girls and women aren’t that sporty (like me) but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t capable of scoring a goal. If she did let in 5 goals they would say she is bad just because she is a women. If men see this then they will think that women aren’t good at sports. I can’t believe that women are still being treated badly today because women have been treated for hundreds of years. I hope that some men are saying that girls and women can play sports and do whatever they want to. I hope women are encouraged by this not angry about this. They should be encouraged to play more sports and push themselves harder. Men and women should both be treated an equal amount. Men are payed way more than women and women are working as hard as the men maybe even harder. I can’t believe that people are dumb enough to be sexist to women if it’s been happening for years. How come people aren’t opening up and just being lazy and playing video games all day. People should be more inspired to be nice to women and treat them equal. Males and Females should both be allowed to play sports.

  15. lily6 says:

    SO LABBE WANTED TO GO TO A MEN’S LEAGUE TEAM BUT… SHE GOT REJECTED.I mean it is kinda common sense that they won’t want you cause your a girl but…I think that they shouldn’t be separated because when it comes to the end we are all humans.if stephanie labbe is talented they would have let her in and she is really talented but what stopped her?…the dumbest thing ever:her gender. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!! i mean i guess some abilities are different and you know but it shouldn’t make anybody feel left out because that doesn’t feel good. plus then people are going to complain about being left out and that movement of not letting someone in the team would probably be considered sexism.so back to the news about stephanie labbe. i think that they should’ve let her in but then the people who were on the team would say “oh!but we have a girl then that team should have a girl!” off the top of your head you should know that 1+1 is 2 no just kidding. off the top of your head you should know that labbe would be treated differently in her soccer team because she’s a girl…or should i say women. i definitely think that this doesn’t affect other women because if they really want to be an athlete the would be determined and never give up. but they will get affected if they don’t really think that it is important they will say whatever. one more question: wouldn’t it be awkward for the person who said no to labbe? imagine saying” NO CAUSE YOU ARE A GIRL SO YAH CAN’T JOIN THE TEAM!” that is just stupid. whoever said that is bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!anyways thanks for listening!
    Lillian, Polly and Lily

  16. darrel1 says:

    So for me I’m not totally sure if Stephanie Labbe should play in the men’s Calgary Foothills FC soccer team, but I do know that the league was wrong to not allow her to join the team. And I’m like how come women are separated from men in sports? Stephanie is a great goalie. And in my opinion, I think you can choose which team you want to join. Even if it’s all boys, or all girls. And for Stephanie, I believe the league won’t let her be on any men’s team. Now I’m wondering, “Why would Stephanie Labbe want to join the Calgary Foothills anyway?” It’s like she thinks that women’s soccer is boring and she wants to play with the guys. And the league would just think girls should be with girls, and boys should be with boys (seems like the league is mostly men). They know she is a great soccer player, but they just say that she is not “cut out” for being in a men’s soccer team because she’s a woman (wait, does this mean men could just join the woman’s league easily?). I wonder what would happen if they set up votes for this issue. It is a good idea, but how many people would vote for Stephanie Labbe? Maybe not too much, but I would vote for her. Though I have my thoughts on this, what would happen if the league did change what they said about girls not being with boys? Some people are going to be like “WHAT?”Yeah, some teams might not be okay with this, like having a hard time using teamwork (reminds me of Ms. Panesar saying some girls are not getting the ball because they’re not open in P.E) and some other problems that I can’t think of. So who’s ready for my question answering? (Ms Panesar is probably the only one, though the class blog didn’t say to answer the questions, or even say write a detailed response of about 15-20 sentences. But I’m sure she knows we get the idea, right?)
    “So what do you think about this?” Have you even read my comment?!
    “Should sports be segregated – that is, leagues only for men and women or should they be mixed?” I’m pretty sure I want it mixed.
    “Do you think that Labbe should be allowed to join this team, or is she interfering with the men’s league?” It seems like she’s interfering, but I say she (and maybe other women or men) has the right to choose which league they want to be in.
    “Do you think that if she played on the men’s team, she might be treated differently because she is a woman?” Yup, I’m sure.
    “For example, if she had a tough game and let in 5 goals, would people be more likely to say she is a woman who is not cut out to be to play in a man’s league, or no?” Yes because people would want to see her win, and they would think she’s terrible at the men’s league (and the women’s).
    “Do you think that news like this discourages women from playing professional level sports, or no?” To be honest, I think some women would be mad, and some probably not. So I’m not sure.
    Alright! So as I said before, in my opinion, I think Stephanie Labbe and other women have the right to play in men’s soccer teams (if they want to). Thanks for Reading My Response! 🙂 🙂 😀 ;D

  17. the amazing joshua says:

    Umm… how should I put it? I think that it is NOT fair that she got DENIED by Calgary Foothills FC soccer team. It’s not like she sucked at the position of goalie in soccer, but they still rejected her because she was a woman. I feel sad because because of the STUPID stereotypical idea that women cannot kick as properly, or play sports properly. I also noticed that Stephanie Labbé need to join in a new league, because she wanted to play in the men’s team, she missed a deadline in the women’s soccer team. If she was accepted, she would’ve faced a lot of discrimination against her because she is a female. If she was accepted, on the other hand, many numbers of female soccer player would be inspired by her and also join the men’s teams. This reminds me of the Jackie Robinson situation, but instead Stephanie Labbé is receiving prejudice because she is a woman. The difference is that Robinson got in, but she didn’t. I think that the whole male/female separation team is wrong, because male and female are both human. What is the difference between separation of coloured and white people? It’s just like school. Why should sports be separated if school is not? Do not worry, I don’t mean washrooms. I think what happened discouraged a lot of women that saw this news topic. As I said, I think that it is not fair that sports teams are separated because people want to be in a certain team but you can not because of your identity. If she was me, I would be insulted, because I would take it as an insult to me if that would happen to me. Look at Joan of Arc…Ark? no Arc she literally led the French into victory against the Briton in the one hundred year war. The most surprising thing? She did it with no, NO military training. Ha, what about that female-haters! Florence Nightingale literally saved a lot of soldiers in war, and also worked when she caught the crimson fever. Ha DOUBLE HIT!!!!!! I ALSO HOPE THAT SOME OF THE GIRLS IN GYM CLASS PARTICIPATE!!! bye 😉 🙂 😀 <3

  18. rohan7 says:

    so my opinion is that yeah men and also women soccer league should be mixed because what if a women thinks she to good for women league and what if they what to transfer to men’s league so that they can have a bit more challenge in there like and also the same goes for men what if they want something easier like wants to take a bit of a brake because he gets hurt a lot and he doesn’t want to get hurt anymore and no i’m not saying that girls are gentle they don’t work and hustle as much all i’m saying is that if people want something harder or something easier that they should be able to decide people shouldn’t say that “no your a boy or a girl you cant play men’s or women’s soccer league leave.” they shouldn’t say those things because people shouldn’t discourage other people because your going to make them feel bad and then your going feel bad for saying that and then by the time you want to say sorry and say your going t o be on the team the person will already be in a soccer team the you will be sad that you didn’t accept him or her the first time he or she asked so yeah that was my opinion of that. and yes i think that Labbe should be able to play in the men’s league because if she wants a challenge then that her choice no one can tell her that “no you cant join because your a girl and girls aren’t allowed to be in the men’s league. Yes i do think that Labbe should be allowed to join the mens league because what if she wants to entre because the people on the team are treating her like trash and calling her names and of course that is no the case but mabey that is the case what if she wants peopele to treat her write like i said those are just basic examples that can happen or she just wats to have a bit more challenge and i not trying to be sexest okay im trying to put this in a non sexest way so dont kill me annnie and ms. Panesar 😭. Well i do t know if she will be diffrent way because it depend there okay with a girl being on a boy team i mean i wouldnt care becasue im that type of person that dosent care about spacific things and one of those things are this i wouldnt care because somethings i dont care about like these type of things and no im not saying that i dont care about these blog post i really do but the incedent is the thing that im talking about the incedent that is happening but im not saying i dont care about this incedent either…im confused im just going to move on to the next question. Anyway back to what i was saying,what i think for the next question is that yeah people are definetly going to say that “she is a girl she is not cut out to play for mens” (but im saying that in a good way😁) because man think as women not good weak (exept me) but yeah people will defenetly say that because expesially boy coaches its mostly going to come from boy coaches becasue boy coaches are used to coaching boys and are not used to coach girls as probably in like the second World Cup if she is still in the boys league then the coach will probably get used to coaching girls and boys and then she will be treated like one of the boys then she’ll fit in. Yes I do think that the news discourages women from playing higher level soccer because you all would of seen the news they take real news and put in like weird names for it like for an example if I would of have seen this on the news then it would of probably said, famous Canadian soccer player labbe lets in five goals in men’s leagues good or bad.” In my opinion that’s what they would have said in my opinion but yeah that’s what I think about this whole incedent hopefully you don’t think that this Is sexest I tried to put it as a non sexest way actually hope that this isn’t sexest at all so yeah see ya and thanks for reading 😀😀😀

    • annie25 says:

      just saying I already posted my blog post this is just a message to Rohan. Rohan you do realize that you only have like 6/5 sentences I know that you wrote a lot of words but you have barely any periods so technically you barely have any sentences at all. 😭😂😆
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  19. eunbin2 says:

    OK so, there has been an another issue about whether women should play or should n`t play sports the truth is yes they should do what they what to want to do to make their dreams come true! Stephanie Labbé she made it in but why couldn`t she play? because she is a woman or a girl well who cares about that though. Stephanie had great skills, just so you know what I`m saying right now . yes she got denied by the god dam league and selfish men that ain`t got no thoughts about how women feel to play sports. I mean think about it the opposite way: “men suck at sports because they run out of energy quickly; only us women should play sports dont let the men in playing sports guys. yahhhhh. If i was the prezident or something i would allow all people to play sports or do any kind`s of work i mean who cares about that crap about gender. ok now for some questions. Q: is it sexist? A:yes it is Q: Is it necessary to say that? A:no it wasn`t
    Now i`m done with these boring questions now i`ll be telling about those skills of being a goalie (because i love playing goalie.) and i don`t know why she wants to play in the (no offense but) boring men`s pro team soccer league. so anyway it isn`t a bad thing because if that is her dream then it should come true. maybe the women`s soccer league was boring but who cares though anyone that wants to play the men`s league should play in the men`s league or what ever they want. to me it is pretty much means a total boooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! oh pity them man oh jeeez. life isn`t everything that you can do u know. (it only is easy if DO U KNOW THA WAE?) pfft laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh. any way as it said back up there: Do you think that news like this discourages women from playing professional level sports or no? the answer is here yes it does it makes them want to quit playing pro league soccer, besides i love pro soccer matches you know they are totally great. (that might have been a lie, i don`t watch them play or not play matches. since i dont watch the god dam t.v!!!!!!!! which sucks like a tingy you know. i know that was inappropriate but i had to say it. i was going to say it anyways. so anyways this will continue to happen but i wish that didn`t i legit wish wish it didn`t happen.
    That is all I have to say.

  20. tyra2 says:

    OMG really? I hate it when people are like, “You are a girl and blah blah blah.” PLEASE STOP SEXISM IT STRESSES ME OUT. THERE ARE MORE REASONS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD STOP THIS STUPID NONSENSE I CAN’T BELIEVE IT SO YOU ADULTS DO SOMETHING FAST OR YOU ARE GOING TO WRECK OUR GENERATION PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I believe that women should be allowed to be on a men’s team and vise versa. I really think that it is perfectly fine for a women to be on a men’s team because there is nothing wrong with that and people are just assuming girls are not as strong as boys and boys are better at sports no matter what. PEOPLE WE SHOULD STOP THIS NOSENSE ABOUT GIRLS ARE WEAKER AND STUFF SO SHUT UP IF YOU THINK THAT GIRLS ARE WEAKER. It is offensive to other women who also want to play sports on the men’s team because it tells them in a way that they are not strong as men. LIKE THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE! All of this should stop because you are wrecking women’s dreams:(.
    Now onto Stephanie Labbé. I think she was brave to stand up to the people who didn’t let her play on the boys team. GOOD JOB LABBÉ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think she is not interfering with the boys team (unless you are the stupid heat that literally KILLS people! OH MY GOODNESS IT IS SO DARN HOT IN THE POD!). What IS really interfering with Stephanie Labbé is sexism that still exists in the world! Again, Stephanie Labbé was really courageous when standing up to herself because I have never heard of a girl besides her to go to a men’s team just to play! (unless you are a boy, I mean, duh!) She was like, “What year is it and why are we talking about these issues?” she said in an interview. She also said that it doesn’t matter what gender people are and everyone is still making a big deal out what gender people are. Stephanie Labbé actually stood up for sexism and all of you girls should be grateful for that instead of thinking about not being strong and that boys are stronger. So what Stephanie Labbé is trying to tell all of the girls in the world that they can do anything they want without anything stopping them (well if you tell me to eat tofu then i will find a way to stop it lol). Anyway I hope you people enjoy my comment about my opinion about this topic so bye bye I will stop typing now hehehehehehehehehe.

  21. kai23 says:

    I think teams should be mixed up genders because than woman can teach men a lesson that women can many thing and that they can get along. Its weird because were all the same species but we reject gender and skin color. But at the same time its a good idea to have separated because this days there are women teams and men teams. But I chose my first answer more. Labbe should be allowed to join any team because women is just a different gender, were all the same species. like, come on i’m a young women, I will never get reject.. I hope. For the ex, I would pick her because she had a tough game and she got 5 goals. I hope she finds a team. It must be hard for her. We all have a passion, don’t let some one break your passion. Every one should be in clued in things that they like because its there passion. Some one rejecting your passion is just like bullying. I bet it have would been cool to be the only woman in a man’s team. If I was Labbe I would say “Hay, let me on your team.” but not too intent. All am saying is don’t let idiots take away your dreams.

  22. michael49 says:

    I should have expected this to come. ANOTHER sexist topic. like seriously, so do people ever learn their lesson? I’m sure they see the news so why/? why would they not let Stephanie labbe play?( hey that rhymes ) she is the top Canadian woman player in Canada? this is such a steal. Also, what difference would it have to have a woman play in a men’s team? NO difference. strange. veeeery strange. I think if she was allowed to play she would be still treated to be treated differently. like imagine this, a group of men soccer players are all talking in a group and then Stephanie labbe comes in in to join in the talk and they are like, lets get out of here. SHE’S here. and she’s like. ” why friends. why?” this what I think is gonna happen if she was accepted . I think will discourage woman players to not play in men’s team. like in their head they will be like, wow ,Stephanie got rejected . better not try play in men’s team if SHE got rejected. better be safe or sorry as they say in there head.
    know then . my thoughts on this topic are like jus plain crazy like people never learn their lesson on sexism as Ms. panesar said. maybe one day there will be no more sexism. ( no chance ) so this concludes my comment on this topic. byyyyyyy. 🙂

  23. annie25 says:

    This is so foolish and ridiculous, this has had to be stopped I don’t know how but it has to be stopped. I think that just because she is a girl doesn’t mean that she can’t be amazing I mean she could save the the whole soccer team if they just gave her a chance. My question is why would you not accept her if you knew that the media is going to find out somehow. The media finds out everything sooner or later. I think it would be better if it was co-ed because then it would be fair, there would be no media shaming them. Why would you let go of an opportunity to have one of the best woman goal keepers in Canada? Like that’s just stupid. I don’t know that much about Stephanie Labbe but I know that she is good and I am pretty sure she has worked her but off to be this good in soccer. So I know that she deserves this role in the men’s Calgary Foothills FC soccer team. I certainly know that if there was a team with male and female I would be more intrigued to watch. Though I do understand why some people may want to have teams with the same sex. I think that it is okay to have a team with the same sex. But if a woman wants to join just let her join I mean what harm could it do. She is a great goalie and could have been on a great team but know she might not even be able to be on a team because she passed the deadline. I feel that the new is also really annoying like can’t they just chill for like five minutes. This situation is just so sexist. it’s just sad that people believe that if you are a different sex you run differently you can’t things as well. It worries me that this is might happen in the future if people don’t start waking up and realizing what they are doing. I think one way to solve this problem is to have a team or several teams that are co-ed or we could just allow different sex in the teams. I mean at the end of the day this is still a game. I mean in the end all you get is fame and fell proud. So just do what’s good while we still can. I just feel really bad for Stephanie Labbe because she can’t play for Canada because she is not on the team. Well thanks for reading!

  24. sebby1 says:

    I think league teams should have mixed genders in them. I think labb’e should be able to join the men’s soccer league even the men say no. she would probably be treated differently if she join the men’s soccer league. I do think news like this discourages women from playing professional level sports. I think women who want to be in men’s soccer league team’s if they want to be on those teams. Its not like men have to make these decisions for women (not that I’m saying women aren’t capable), women should be able to do what they want to do (and that men shouldn’t tell women what to do), what women do is up to them not men (I just think men are now just being bossy). why would anyone not let women on a men’s soccer league (I mean I do understand why because of the “men” in men’s soccer league, it would actually make sense for only men’s to be men’s soccer league because the title would actually make it obvious that only men’s could only be in the league). I think women can do things that men can do because they are two separate but they’re the same species, they’re for they both can do the same thing. and finally, I think women can be able to do what men think only men can do. thanks for listening (: !

  25. jordan55 says:

    I think their team should have a girls and boys team because if they have girls only and boys only the boys will think girls was really bad at sport(or something els ) and girls will think boys are very bad because they always think girls are really bad at sport.

  26. isabella16 says:

    I don’t get why people are like this what is wrong with having a woman and a guy on the same team want to have separate teams because some boys say that girls can’t play sports i feel like this is unfair to women because they should be able to play sports while being respected i don’t even know why they have teams for only girls and only boys why can’t they have mixed teams? Some people say that girls never do anything when they do sports but i think it’s because some girls like doing other stuff more so when they do sports they don’t do too good but sometimes they think all girls are like that and they start saying a girl can’t be in their team because she will just mess them up so some girls get used to hearing that and they stop playing sports but others like stephanie labbe don’t care that boys won’t let them play on their teams because she wants to prove she can be a good soccer player even though she is a girl i think they should have mixed teams so people can prove how well they can do teamwork with girls and boys together. They should have let stephanie labbe play even though it was a mens team because she deserved to play soccer in their team because she loves soccer and she proved she is great at it. They should have mixed teams so soccer players learn how to do teamwork with girls.The End 🙂 😀 😛

  27. jhanine1 says:

    I think that this is very ridiculous no wonder why women are not trying hard when playing sports. I mean seriously this has to end, we cant just keep going like this not because we are women does not mean that we are weak and that we are not good at sports. I think that it should be separated and mixed so you get to decide where you want to go.Because some men and women is not really comfortable with playing together,but then some are.I definitely think that Labbe should be in that team that she wanted to go to.Its about time that women prove men wrong (because they really are)
    Also I kind of feel really bad for that team because they are so dumb like maybe if they didn’t judge her by her gender and by her skill instead she could’ve saved the whole team from loosing.She could’ve been a big asset of that team ( if they weren’t so judgemental….well its their loss not hers!) If she did get in the team they would be probably treat her differently( even though they are not supposed to!) At my age which is ten by the way I already know that “hey that’s sexist” like I don’t get why its so hard to understand what it is. Those men are probably like 20-30 or something but they still don’t get it! When you see a person like that all you want to do is ask yourself why? Did their teacher not teach them this or are they just that dumb to even care at all.( this is why we are so lucky to have ms.Panesar teach us these things so that IF we didn’t know it we wouldn’t turn into these annoying and sexist people!) Like II I said in the very beginning of course women would be less confident into going to a team because if I would try go into a men’s team to play a sport then I just suddenly hear a news about how one of the best female sport players here in Canada not getting accepted into a men’s team then I would start doubting myself.So if this team is reading this then please stop being sexist and by the way if your to dumb to not know what sexist means then SEARCH IT UP!!!!!!!…………BYE! 🙂

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