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Like a Girl: The Pride In Being a Female Athlete (From the Archive)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBack of the line,\u201d the scruffy-headed blonde boy barks at you, shoving you away from the lane with a sharp elbow to the ribcage and a harmony of laughter. It\u2019s time for swim practice, which means it\u2019s time to pick a lane to swim in. You look down at your freshly painted toenails, and your heart sinks with every male swimmer that jumps in line ahead of you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re starting with 6x50s kick,\u201d your swim coach chirps with a flashy white grin. He twirls his stopwatch around his wrist and waves to a lanky boy about to jump into the lane next to you. While you swim, you try to recall the last time your coach even looked at you, when your thought process is interrupted by a pounding foot in your face. You carefully touch the feet of the guy in front of you, letting him know that you need to pass him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCan I go?\u201d You ask him once you both touch the wall. He laughs, pats your shoulder, and pushes off the wall in his original spot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Women in a Man’s World<\/h3>\n

Being a girl is hard. Being an athlete is hard. Life as a female athlete is the hardest of them all, combining the impossible standards of a girl in modern-day society with the belittlement of girls in sports. The world of athletics looks down upon us, especially in swimming. Here is a list of reasons why female athletes are empowering and, honestly, super freaking cool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We Break the Rules<\/b><\/h3>\n

Think about the way society views women, just for one moment. Too often, words like \u201cweak,\u201d “fragile\u201d and \u201csoft\u201d come to mind. We ought to be interested in the arts, right? Cooking, maybe? Wrong. Female athletes break all of those expectations, all with a clever little grin on our faces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2015, <\/span>Always <\/span><\/i>unveiled a groundbreaking feminist advertisement in a Super Bowl commericial. The company interviewed strangers, inquiring what the phrase, \u201clike a girl,\u201d meant to them. The question was asked to a group of adults, and then to a group of little girls. The experiment demonstrated that these stereotypes of women being \u201cweak\u201d or \u201csoft\u201d are taught and learned as we grow up, as the group of little girls demonstrated knowledge of girls being strong and capable, which contradicts society\u2019s stereotypes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Female athletes are powerful. We are living, breathing controversies in all the best ways. Doing something \u201clike a girl\u201d should contain no implications of weakness.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are Strong<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Growing up in a female body is an everyday struggle. There\u2019s constant depictions of unattainable beauty standards thrown in our faces every day, in the form of advertisements and photoshopped Instagram posts. These images in the media are difficult for young girls to compare themselves to.<\/span><\/p>\n

Female athletes get the short end of the stick in this battle. As an athlete, it is important to fuel your body properly in order to perform to your best ability. That requires immense amounts of carbohydrates and protein. Not to mention the countless hours in the weight room, only to find yourself with massive triceps that barely fit into your prom dress. It\u2019s incredibly difficult for female athletes to digest impossible beauty standards in the media, especially when we look in the mirror and see our broad swimmer shoulders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But these shoulders get us places<\/a>. They allow us to swim mile upon mile. These shoulders enable us to touch the wall, look up at the board, and see that time we\u2019ve been aching for. It is a simple body part, but they make chasing our dreams possible, no matter what it takes. We are strong, and strong is beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are Tough<\/b><\/h3>\n

The social stigma around female sports and the comparison with male sports is gruesome. Men are more masculine making them \u201cmore fit for sports,\u201d according to popular stereotypes. Because of this, male sports receive significantly more attention, creating a lack of respect for women in sports. Women just aren\u2019t tough enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, seven out of 10 girls feel as if they don\u2019t belong in sports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Every day, we contradict this concept. Plenty of women have found great successes in athletics; Katie Ledecky, for example. Women may not be physically as strong or as muscular as men, but we demonstrate our toughness in other ways. Female athletes are fit for sports. We are athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are Confident<\/b><\/h3>\n

The confidence we find through sports is infinitely rewarding; the everyday grind, the struggle, the fight for greatness. It\u2019s always worth it. The mental battle against the world telling us we can\u2019t do it, and doing it anyway.\u00a0<\/span>Females experience an immense confidence plummet during puberty. Teenage years are difficult, especially for growing women. During such a vulnerable time, it\u2019s difficult to maintain high levels of confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the female athlete community is inspiring. 70% of young girls believe they would be more confident if they engaged in sports. Athletics is where women belong, because women are powerful. Life is hard, but sports help us make a name for ourselves. They help us find that confidence that is so often lost as we grow up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We Aren’t Afraid to Fail<\/h3>\n
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85% of women have proven that, after participating in sports, they are more likely to keep trying after experiencing failure. Societal pressure to be perfect is extremely demanding and unforgiving, especially for women. The ideal woman has no flaws, and this is intimidating for young girls. Sports give us the upper hand. It’s almost like we’ve been given a superpower; even if we do fail, we learn our lessons and we get back up. We fight back even harder.<\/p>\n

Failure is inevitable in sports. Nobody has a perfect track record, even the best of the best athletes. Falling down is how we learn, grow, and improve. Women feel the pressure to maintain perfection, but sports teach us to find comfort in our failures.<\/p>\n

Falling down is only a failure if you don’t get back up again. Female athletes know how to get back up again.<\/p>\n

We are Female Athletes<\/h3>\n

And we won\u2019t apologize for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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