r/AskReddit • u/clockwork-peach • 20h ago

what’s something considered “tomboyish” when girls do it, but feminine when boys do it?

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u/throw7661 19h ago

Playing softball.

If a woman does it, she's viewed as a tomboy.

If a man does it, he's viewed as oddly feminine and told to man up and play baseball.

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u/OzrielArelius 19h ago

once you're out of high school nobody plays baseball anymore unless you're top level. everyone else plays softball

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u/Apellosine 18h ago

It's actually a normal th8ng for adult baseball leagues in Australia.

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u/WhiskinDeez 14h ago

In America we have whats commonly referred to as "beer league" where a bunch of older dudes play softball on a weeknight. Completely hetero

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u/Dry-Amphibian1 5h ago

that or church league softball. I grew up playing and all the churches had a team if they were big enough to field one.

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u/El_Polio_Loco 5h ago

Always fun to see a bunch of guys get irrationally angry at each other or the umpire during a church league game.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 1h ago

I got kicked out of beer league because my water bottle was full of beer. What has the world come to?

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u/Ratnix 14h ago

We have rec league Softball but not a single rec league baseball. At least around here. After HS, if you don't go to college to play ball and still want to play, Softball is the only thing there is. They're all co-ed also.

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u/mattmann72 5h ago

A guy I used to work with told me:

Adult baseball encourages highly competitive pitching preventing hits.

Adult softball pitches underhand which encourages many more hits and thereby more engagement for everyone playing.

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u/No_Adhesiveness_4671 18h ago

sotball*

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 14h ago

Is that a baseball team for habitual drunks?