Reddit reviews Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports
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> But even aside from that fact, you're positing a ridiculous argument - most female professional athletes do not take artificial hormones to be better at their sport and if they did, don't you think the male athletes would be doing the exact same thing?
Don't you realize that the two cases are not the same. Men get manlier, women get manlier too. One sex is getting erased out.
>At this week's convention, present-day medical issues were also explored with candor. Serving on a panel Wednesday night were Ned Bergert, former Angels head trainer, Neal ElAttrache, the Dodgers' team physician and Dr. Kevin Wilk of Champions Sports. Their panel was moderated by Will Carroll of SI.com. … ElAttrache was curious about the audience's view on PRP and performance-enhancing drugs.
>"That's something I do need to be concerned about because I take care of people of all ages and what kind of effect is that going to have, socially, on the young athletes that we take care of," he said.
>"Because, believe me, I see high school kids and junior high school kids that are dabbling in steroids and HGH [human growth hormone]. It's amazing what happens. And their parents know it. Including girls, by the way, especially girls.
>"Girls' soccer is rife with anabolic steroid use. It's amazing."
Marion Jones missed one drug test when she was in high school. When you have cheerleaders trying on drugs for toned looks, it the height of naivete to think that women who are actually competing seriously aren't.
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>Warrior Girls exposes the downside of the women's sports revolution that has evolved since Title IX: an injury epidemic that is easily ignored because we worry that it will threaten our daughters' hard-won opportunities on the field. From teenage girls playing local soccer, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, and other sports to women competing at the elite level, female athletes are suffering serious injuries at alarming rates.
http://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Girls-Protecting-Daughters-Epidemic/dp/0743297555
> It's not arbitrary to hold the two sexes to different athletic standards
yup, it's preferential treatment for women.