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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3446433, member: 9403"] In the many years I've lived on the [S]W[/S]Best Coast, I can't recall ever seeing feminizing modifiers appended to the mascots/team names of girls sports teams such as "the Lady X" or the "ettes." I believe what [USER=8101]@Puppy Love[/USER] was referring to was that it indicates something about what the culture thinks is the default category of athletes (boys) and the atypical non-default ones who warrant a signifier (girls), and presumably perhaps deeper notions about gender norms/roles/etc. Whether that's a reasonable dealbreaker to you, I do think that approach is rare outside the South and its neighbors. Also: anyone who's seen high-level high school girls soccer or water polo (dominant sports out West) would be hard-pressed to call them "ladies." Violent brutalizers is perhaps more apt! [/QUOTE]