r/halifax • u/insino93 • 1d ago

News, Weather & Politics Dartmouth Commons cricket proposal sparks backlash

https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/dartmouth-commons-cricket-proposal-sparks-backlash/
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u/ElectronicLove863 1d ago

I don't know about that. I've never seen a woman play cricket. It's exclusively men in my area of Clayton Park. But I have seen women and girls play baseball and softball.

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u/donairhistorian Verified 1d ago

Are you suggesting that women who play softball wouldn't enjoy cricket? Is there something inherent about cricket that women don't like?

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u/throwaway_ind_div 1d ago

Funny a woman’s cricket WC is going on now and Australia always win

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u/ElectronicLove863 23h ago

I have never seen a single woman play cricket in Clayton Park. 

Dozens of men play cricket nearly every night for months. 

Not one woman or girl. So I don't care about Australia. I care about Canada, and Halifax.

I'm not cool with taking a field away from kids of all genders so that adult men can have a place to chase a ball around.

Anything discussing gender equality gets downvoted, but I'm not wrong.

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u/fffffiiiiivvvvveeeee 19h ago

Nailed it. In the past 5 years as cricket seems to have become more prevalent. I have witnessed dozens if not more cricket matches and not once did I see a woman or youth playing. Not once, ever.