I used to play football, and yes, with the guys. They didn’t provide a girl team. Anyway there were two of us girls and we always hung out together, and the boys accepted us because we were just as good as them. It was my coach that was the problem. A kid would mess up and he would yell “don’t play like a girl” then he would look over at me and say “no offense.” I just kept quiet because I would never yell or talk back to any of my coaches. He probably didn’t think he was being sexist, but he really was.

























