Referee benched for being a woman.

[Yeshua_Lives]

A female referee is told that she cannot officiate over a boy's basketball game at a private religious academy, because their rules state that a woman can not be in a position of power over a man.

Yahoo!

That's man for you.

What century are we living in?

 

[Nanda]

I'm not suggesting that, but I'm open to the possibility that there are neurological differences between us that could make men a better referee. It's equally possible that women make better referees because of how they're wired. I don't have enough information to go one way or the other.

This is the sort of thing that got the president of Harvard fired recently.

I would think that the fact that she's already successfully officiated at many games over several years would dispell any doubts about her ability to act as a referee, regardless of how she's "wired."

 

[Somkid]

That's just wrong I like to see them try it here, the messenger better duck and tuck his head between his legs.

 

[djrez4]

Yeah, I kind of picked up on that.

I would think that the fact that she's already successfully officiated at many games over several years would dispell any doubts about her ability to act as a referee, regardless of how she's "wired."

I'm sure she's a fine referee. I'm speaking in a much broader sense.

And yes, the idea that women can't officiate over men is ridiculous.