You will do what you are tell to do. You will wear what you are tell to wear. You are a woman and men rules. Men has always ruled the world. Most of the decisions in this World the man takes. Women tries to do the rules right for them, but what we (women) get? The bunch of attitude for being feminists. And as sad as it sounds- its gives a bad test in your mouth saying that. Dare to prove me wrong, you know I am right.
Fuck it, I say. No fucking more! I want to be proven wrong. I want to be equal to every and each.
Sport is made by man for men. (article in Swedish about boxing) There is no woman sports, there is only woman who are doing what only a man were supposed to do.
How is it connected to goal-tending and me? Hang in here, mate.
This is only one perspective, case I will reflect about. There is hundreds more worth to write about.
Floorball is pretty young sport, same as goalkeepers equipment. And as I know, there is no equipment made specially for woman. Do we need that? Is there difference? Physiologicly(bone structure for example in pelvis) we are different and isnt it so that all goalie equipment is made for and by man? Why is it so, that "you, woman, put on this what fits you. It looks good on you. But noone asks how it feels in it? You have to pick the suit witch feels the closest to feel good. Should the equipment be made just for one gender? I dont know. Like some weeks ago I really didnt care about this.
But than it came to Latvian Nationl Team, who have signed a contract with a goalie equipment supplier. The rules by it/they sides are furious in my opinion. You are going to wear, what National Team has for you. In some point I were considering to write to president of National Team and explain, that I will not were something in what I dont feel good, and if they (him) make me, I will sign myself out from National Team.
I play in National Team to give my best performance and honor my country, not to be a product to sell. I will wear what makes me feel good in. I will wear what makes me "ME" in goal. I have played for more than 15 years by now, and I know the impact in my performance(which is always been negative) by changing to equipment " just in a blick of eye" like that. And that's exactly what happened usually in National Team, when you get the equipment only a day or two before. How I suppose to adapt my movements in new shapes of equipment just in warm up before the game in World Championship?! Sleep in it night before and pray to the floorball Gods?
But I hope that solution will be made, by shipping them to me before the qualification in the end of January. I hope I will have a chance in some practice to try it on. But as I know, the rules are strict in teams too about equipment. Even in practices you have to wear the equipment what team is sponsored with.
Somehow I think, if men has it easier to adapt to equipment just because these all different kind of equipment branches have made them for/on manly goalies? Maybe that's why they(men) think it should work for woman too? Or maybe they just really dont care? Or abvious they havent think about it.
Will never the woman in floorball(and general!!) get the same attention/values as man do? Like a couple of Years ago Team Falun made it very clear, that they dont want the womans team, and gash.. have you heard that some floorball playing woman might get a contract same as Kim Nilsson did. Are we not worthy the same? We are. We just need to be seen by eyes of the woman, perhaps.
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