Interesting.
When my son was playing football, I coached his team alongside another parent, an ex-pro called Cliff Calvert.
One day, one of the boys called one of the other boys out for "kicking like a girl".
I said, "Oh, you think that's a thing, do you? Wanna go stand in goal while I take a penalty, then? Or are ya...chicken?"
Well, he had little choice then, did he?
So he stood in the goal, and I got ready to take the penalty. He tried a bit of bravado, saying I could never beat him, girls can't play, and so on. I said nothing.
When he was ready, I stepped up and hammered the ball straight down the middle, about a foot over his head. He got his hands up, but couldn't stop the power, and it went in off his hands.
I turned to look at the boys.
"Anyone else wanna try?"
A lot of shaken heads, tight-lipped.
"Thought so. 'Kick Like a Girl' is a compliment, lads."
Cait the Proud Trans Woman
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