I really like watching cricket!?

Question

I am a girl/mum. Why do some assume we dont?

Answer 1

All the women in my family also friends love cricket & watch it always. I can't think why anyone would imagine women don't like it.

Answer 2

Good on ya

Answer 3

Good For you !!

Before i discovered Y!A i naturally assumed that MOST girls were not interested in cricket. I assumed this because all through my life at school and then at college i had never met 1 girl who was interested in cricket or even understood cricket. Also it is common for men to stereotype women as people who don't understand sports.

Since ive been on here though, i have seen many women answer and ask cricket question. Not only do they answer the questions, BUT they answer them better than most men on here (example Gilly and Sarah N). So i never assume that girls don't like cricket anymore

Answer 4

Well I'm a girl and I love cricket, I've been watching it for years now, I have lots of female friends who love watching it too. And there has always been a good proportional representation of females at the live games I've been to.

So I have know idea why some people would think girls don't like it. I guess it's the same with all male dominated sports though, perhaps they think we won't understand it, or know the rules of the game properly.

Answer 5

i like it to!. i duno i guess coz alot of girls dont like cricket so people make assumptions

Answer 6

Stereotyping I suppose. The womens game now has grown significantly which shows the standing of the game in Womens sport, and the intertest it now commands.

Answer 7

Not unusual where I come from. I have followed cricket all my life, as have all my female friends.  Just never made a big deal over it.

Answer 8

A lot of girls like cricket, even during the victorian era, if you are watching cricket in telly, you'll notice that a lot of girls are watching it on ground, I for one been to watch the game live at the stadium and seen many women are watching and loving it, it's easy to understand the rules that's why they dont mind it.

Answer 9

hey I like Cricket too. But many girls don't. Secondly some girls who watch cricket are not as crazy as boys are for cricket