Hi again from Carol,
You might think this post is irrelevant, still this statement is something myself and others have repressed for some time now.
I have been following career trends over my lifetime and cannot help but share on a historical review of sports fans, sports players, and the administration of sports in general In my opinion, the money that goes into all these professional sports leagues, players salaries, and tickets to sports events has been drastically underestimated by the general population.
For example, now that The City of Toronto has more sports interests than just the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, I thought maybe there would be more money available to perhaps support things such as minority groups, child care, poverty relief, the arts, and other humanistic endeavors. No. There seems to be more and more money feeding the male dominated sports in Toronto than ever before. Men, (white males especially) spend there executive and high salaried money on sporting events before they even start to take care of a homeless person freezing on the streets. Female executives often actually enable or provide the money to the male executives in support of this behavior.
(There are those women that are obvious about preferring the company of men)
I went to a Maple Leaf game not too long ago, and the lineup for the mens washroom was right out the washroom door, while the womens washroom was empty. They were drinking much beer and eating nothing but overpriced junk food in that stadium.
That is where the money is going, not in support of the under priviledged.
The fans continue to buy overpriced sports tickets, or even a complete season of overpriced tickets, and another ticket for their sports buddies. When they get to the sports events another $300 is spent on empty calorie junk food and beer. Along with that, they will often actually be working at a male dominated blue collar job in support of a sports league while remaining extremely frugal with a female co-worker or female administrative support person.
I know a lot of people justify this type of behavior by giving percentages of their salaries to such organizations as the United Way, however, by doing that they are often just handing money over to another administrative organization that continues to direct money to charities that have a male dominated patriarchal agenda. This cycle then continues further into the non-profit sector to perpetuate the cycle.
Why do homeless people always reach out to a woman for help before they would reach out to a man?
Why do women have such a hard time understanding the process where men want us to be financially dependent on them so they can continue being in power to receive whatever they want, when they want it.
I was athletic and smart when I was young. When I played varsity sports the University system just made sports a huge obstacle for my degree, I had to choose between one or the other. They put me in survival mode instead of allowing me to win or succeed. That pattern went on and on my whole career and I do believe it was gender bias. My bosses thought I should not work if I was complaining. They could always get someone else to do it and told me this many times and directly too.
If you look to a man for support you had better be careful of his agenda because his agenda can be more damaging than you might ever be able to imagine.
