foozle (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} foobart) wrote,@ 2008-02-14 08:59:00 |
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St. Mary's Academy says woman cannot ref boys game
The Kansas State High School Activities Association said referees reported that Michelle Campbell was preparing to officiate at St. Mary's Academy near Topeka on Feb. 2 when a school official insisted that Campbell could not call the game.
The reason given, according to the referees: Campbell, as a woman, could not be put in a position of authority over boys because of the academy's beliefs.
Those crazy Kansans. Clearly we should invade to bring them democracy, liberating them from their backwards religious views.
Yeah, it's really not a fair (implied) analogy; gender discrimination like this makes headlines in the States, whereas it would be pretty unthinkable to have women refereeing a men's basketball game here unless it was a completely expatriate league. What makes the local customs possibly less backwards than the Kansas situation is that the trend here would be more about preventing inappropriate gender mixing rather than a more direct statement of power. Locally, it would also be culturally shocking to have a man refereeing a women's league.
