Hi all, I posted in aibu for traffic, but got no response.
Lovely article here about young girl captaining her school sports team (rugby).
www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11566141/Rugby-Schoolgirl-is-captain-of-an-all-boys-rugby-team.html
But the trolling posts in response are so unpleasant considering it is just an article in the telegraph about a young female rugby player on her school team. All prepubescent kids play together as they are physically the same and she happens to be the best. However, the poisonous vitriol in the comments is depressing. It includes comments about her being a tool for the feminist agenda, damaging her body and humiliating the boys she leads. Oh yes, and for good measure, these adults are mocking the prepubescent boys for being girly and effete for letting her lead them.
It got so bad her dad was compelled to come on and post, trying to point out how excited his daughter was about seeing the article coming out and how she only did it because she loved her game.
Whatever the views on competitive sport (I play rugby so am biased!), ultimately, archaeologists would be unable to distinguish these children's skeletons from one another, so there is no discernible difference in their physical performance/abilities. The RFu sanction children playing together until 12. In New Zealand, they work on weight categories to determine in which team a child should play.
So if you would like to post a positive, supportive post on the Telegraph article for this young sport star to read, please do!