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Are women not supposed to like football? I actually went to the University of Oregon and found women both attending the U of O and those who lived in greater Or
by jonesb6 11y ago
Are women not supposed to like football? I actually went to the University of Oregon and found women both attending the U of O and those who lived in greater Oregon to be more passionate about the game then many of my male friends/colleagues/classmates.
It's a risk whenever you try to connect with someone over what you think might be a shared passion. Sports can be risky because not everyone like sports, but if you guess correctly and can form a deeper relationship then any other topic.
Trying football with people from Oregon is absolutely a reasonable decision.
- kzhahou 11y agoIt's not surprising that your males friends weren't into it, if I correctly assume that they are in tech. But obviously the overwhelming majority of football fans are guys.
- enobrev 11y agoI don't think it's overwhelmingly obvious. "The data show that 70% of working men and 59% of working women are sports fans" [1] "74.6 percent of all male respondents consider themselves football fans as well as 51.5 percent of all female respondents."[2] "...according to data from The ESPN Sports Poll and the U.S. Census, with league officials saying 44 percent of all football fans are now women."[3] 1: http://www.gallup.com/poll/183689/industry-grows-percentage-sports-fans-steady.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/183689/industry-grows-percentage-... 2: http://www.statista.com/statistics/208431/football-fans-by-gender/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/208431/football-fans-by-g... 3: http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/7536295/nfl-finding-success-targeting-women-fans-merchandise-fashion http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/7536295/nfl...
- philsnow 11y ago> two women interviewers from Oregon, a football powerhouse It's unclear to me from the context whether they are just from some town in the state of Oregon, or that they were alumna of the University of Oregon. The gender ratio among college sports fans is a _lot_ closer to 50/50 than it is for pro sports fans. If somebody assumed because I grew up in California that I'm a fan of the Bears, I would also not be particularly amused.
- kelukelugames 11y agoIs it because we suck? Cal grad here. :P They were both Oregon alums. :)
- philsnow 11y agoIt's because California is a huge state, and I bristle at getting painted with such a broad brush.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoWhy is that obvious.