You've started a thread like this before and I shared my thoughts. But as a refresher:

I'm against women playing sports. They don't need to work out either, unless they're overweight or something.

LOL, it's alright.

I know what you mean. The feminist movement (which is really more masculine than feminine) is immoral and against what the Church teaches about gender roles. Sadly, alot of Novus Ordites fall for this feminist junk as well.

With regard to 2nd graders, I don't get the inter-sports for them. Everyone needs physical activity that they enjoy. I have seen parents and coaches get all bound up in a game, softball, soccer, football. It's an ego thing for the parents and something they really need to have a real moment with to identify that and resolve. If nothing else to assure that they aren't in some way living vicariously through their children. And we've all been party to a set parents like that once in our lives at least.

When it comes to sports in general for girls/women-I'm all for it. I was a basketball player in high school and played it the first year of my undergrad. And loved it immensely. I started playing when my father, his mother and my sister would meet outside by the garage and play and I was steadily beating my dad who is a phenomenal player in many aspects. (He played for the St. Louis Cardinals for 1 season before he blew out his knee). My maternal grandmother was mind blowing and she taught me moves that carried me far in my little high school athletic career. She was all star in her state in 1940, 1942 and 1943. She was tall, beautiful, charming and simply lovely in every way.

After my transfer to a different school they did not offer baskeball but lacrosse. And I played marginally well most I had to show for my efforts were bruised, injured shins, shoulder from fall and frankly a ton of mean girls. But I didn't go to that school as a transfer student for athletics but for it's academic rigor.

Today, at a very old 40 (I can not believe it!) I am a marathon runner.  I used to do triathlons but realized that I didn't enjoy it anymore so scaled back. Today, I run about 3 miles a day which isn't a lot. I used to run about 8 miles per day. But I have a life so something had to give.

Am I a modernist because I exercise? No. I enjoy the physical activity. I do get a lot of benefits for my activities. Mainly the ever present (and sometimes difficult to attain) 'second wind' which is addictive. I generally can eat whatever I want without worry. Though as I'm aging I'm noticing it's not as forgiving as it used to be, so sooner than later I'll be modifying that last sentence.

If we lived in a time where physical labor was part and parcel to our survival I can guarantee you me running just for the 'fun' of it wouldn't be happening. I can venture a guess that the reason there is this type of physical activity in women (and men) is primarily because we are hard wired to be physically active in some aspect. Most people are not from an aristocratic background and farming or a type of trade was all manually intensive. Coming from farming communities such as myself I loved farm work and miss it in a nostalgic way. Living it wouldn't be my cup of tea right now simply because I have become accustomed to what my life is now.

If you feel guilty about being around these children doing this could you perhaps request a different venue or age/gender group?  I don't think you're sexist at all. I think your a kind, sensitive person who is protecting his self, his soul. Many hugs to you, sweetheart.

I must say that I do agree with you curiouscatholic, and that it is definitely not good for women to be doing sports like football and the like (swimming and skating, however, are probably two exceptions, so long as they are not doing so aggressively and dress appropriately).

However, the fact that women nowadays play sports means that there was some period when women didn't play sports at all, and so there is an empty space to fill. If women didn't play sports, what did they do for fun? What are some good, feminine activities that women can do that are a lot of fun and wholesome?

Today's sports-crazy world aside, (I agree it's a bit much), women need to exercise, even weights.

No, women don't need to lift weights. They don't need big muscles. That is a rather feministic comment. There's nothing wrong with jogging or doing simple exercises, but lifting weights?

You may not be sexist but you may misunderstand what it means to be feminine if it's leading you to think women don't need healthy competition and exercise as well (you too SS). That's not a gender thing, that is a human being thing, part of what makes us healthy and happy.

I never said women don't need exercise. But they don't need to play sports or lift weights (and by sports I'm refering to masculine ones like basketball and baseball, if a girl wants to skate or something like that then there's no real harm in it, as long as she doesn't turn it into a career). I know lots of women who just walk or jog for their exercise, nothing else. They're in healty shape.

It helps her have more energy for her daily duties. Most of us would be better wives and mothers in many ways for exercising. It doesn't take away from the traditional role at all.

Exercising is good for you health, but it does not in any way make you a better wife or mother. Women make good wives and mothers by good morals.

I agree with you.  I also think boys sports is way overdone.

Interesting you mention this, I've been thinking about sports in general for some time now. I've been wondering just how much they support the modern world and its thinking.

Here's my take. Sports are fine for entertainment purposes and are even ok to watch or attend (as long as you don't attend on Sunday). However, I think they also have their disadvantages. The main problem I have with professional sports is the greed from money. All you ever hear about is money, money, money. "I want this, I want that". These players make millions of dollars per year. And what do they do with it? Use it to buy big mansions and fancy cars, nothing but materialistic junk. How about giving that money to the poor? Or donating it to a good charity? And the money they make is never enough. A few years ago when I was still a Novus Ordite and basically obsessed with sports, I remember some baseball player being offered $45 million and saying to the team "Nope, I want what I'm worth. Give me $47 million". Insane! Sports players can be alot like Hollywierd starts, they let their fame and fortune go to their head.

The next big problem I have is them playing on Sunday. As we all know, Sunday is the day that we are supposed to honor God. We shouldn't be spending Sunday playing sports, that's blasphemous. And some sports will even play on Christmas Day and Good Friday. Playing on Christ's Birthday, and the day of His Death? What a slap in the face.

Oh, and don't get me started on the trashy cheerleaders. They are immodest, immoral, slutty, and suggestive and I think they ruin any fun and wholesomeness that sports can bring.

So in all, it's not sinful to follow sports. But sports do have some very materialistic and immoral aspects to them, thus why I would definitely discourage anyone making a career out of them.