Some of the players on that women's soccer team had children. They brought them to practice, depended on their teammates, worked hard and were tremendous sports. I am not bashing females here. Certainly boys have to accept their sensitive side. But discouraging competition, and making a young boy feel guilty for any expression of aggression only confuses him, buries real emotions so deep he never comes to grip with them.
Boys are different than girls in more ways than physical.
They develop differently emotionally, they are more aggressive, more restless at a young age, less focused, more spontaneous, more difficult to channel. The backlash is epidemic problems in the boy population. Their overall academic performance is down, they are more likely to turn to violence to solve disputes, they suffer from depression in greater numbers than their female classmates, a higher percentage of them are criminals and they are more likely to commit suicide. There is a way to nurture both boys and girls, to give women the rights they deserve without patronizing them. I am wholeheartedly for women who choose to have a career, just as I applaud men who are more dedicated to their families than they are their jobs.