It sprang up in two ways a) the women proving they could play damn fine baseball during the war (see A League of their Own) and men not wanting to lose. b) the Federal Funding rules which require equal funding for boys' and girls' sport: in many ways this has been fabulous for US women's sport and we need it in the UK, but one side effect is "alternative" sports for girls that are 'softer' and won't let girls compete with boys. See netball in the Uk. Daft game.
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a) the women proving they could play damn fine baseball during the war (see A League of their Own) and men not wanting to lose.
b) the Federal Funding rules which require equal funding for boys' and girls' sport: in many ways this has been fabulous for US women's sport and we need it in the UK, but one side effect is "alternative" sports for girls that are 'softer' and won't let girls compete with boys. See netball in the Uk. Daft game.