Don't Panic! Lighten Up!
"It's only fair," said high-schooler Aiden Benton. "This is a clear case of sexism and age discrimination, that I get paid nothing to play and the women get a decent little paycheck."
"End pay discrimination now!" he added, clapping on each word for emphasis.
"The boy makes a really good point," said CNN reporter Holly Bandersnatch. "He clapped on each word, plus, he claimed sexism. It is only fair that the boys' team get paid the same as the world champions' women's team. You just can't argue with hand claps."
At publishing time, the women had made the counterargument that the 15-year-old boys' teams are smelly boys and should be stuffed in a locker somewhere.
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As I heard in a womanism-critical podcast yesterday, it will not take long until a trans-woman team will form in some country, and seize the opportunity to roll up the female soccer scene. And march from title to title.
The women asked for it ...