Why do girls pass out/cry hysterically in the chute after finishing cross country races?

Vivalarepublica wrote:

Hey, let's make myself feel better about myself by making broad false generalizations about women on message boards!

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Agreed with the other it is because they are stronger than us.

You would pass out and/or dry too if *your* uterus just fell out.

Because that's where their brutish fathers and coaches line up to berate them for not finishing with better times.

A Florida Coach wrote:

I'm going to offer a serious reply despite the sexist and otherwise foolish ones here already.

XC races take a lot out of these kids, and they at times react very emotionally. It is not just girls however—girls are conditioned by society that showing emotion is OK, whereas boys are conditioned to keep it inside. Walk around any XC meet and you'll find plenty of boys in a corner somewhere nearly passed out or even crying. Look at the photos from NXN Regionals if you don't believe me: the photographers caught some great examples of this, which I don't think is very fair to the athletes involved but it does prove the point.

Crying in the corner after a race?

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braindeadfool wrote:

A Florida Coach wrote:

I'm going to offer a serious reply despite the sexist and otherwise foolish ones here already.

XC races take a lot out of these kids, and they at times react very emotionally. It is not just girls however—girls are conditioned by society that showing emotion is OK, whereas boys are conditioned to keep it inside. Walk around any XC meet and you'll find plenty of boys in a corner somewhere nearly passed out or even crying. Look at the photos from NXN Regionals if you don't believe me: the photographers caught some great examples of this, which I don't think is very fair to the athletes involved but it does prove the point.

Crying in the corner after a race?

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Nothing wrong with a good cry, as long as its done away from teammates, and is used to settle your emotions before going back out there and being a good teammate.

Say for example, you trained super hard for four years to qualify for the state track meet your senior year, and in the end you get passed for the final spot and fail.

In that case, if you go and cry for a little, regain control of your crushing disappointment and channel that into rage, you'll be back and ready to run on pure hate for 4x800.

Running is an emotional and painful sport. Crying happens for some people. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't do a lot of it around teammates and don't bring the team vibe down.

Girls are much stronger and faster than boys. Running fast will make you tired, you should try it.

Its to prevent creepy men talking to them, who might be hanging around watching the finish of girl's races.

hth.

One name comes to mind:

Dathan Ritzenhein

Las Vasovagus wrote:

One name comes to mind:

Dathan Ritzenhein

If a guy is saddened so much by a (likely poor) performance that he wants to cry, he'll do so later (perhaps at home or in bed) when he's alone. But not in front of people. You're right, society accepts women openly showing emotion, so it's considered normal to see a woman cry after a race in front of people. If a guy is openly emotional he's prone to be judged as being soft. He'll do the crying alone and not in public.

Woman's Perspective wrote:

Its to prevent creepy men talking to them, who might be hanging around watching the finish of girl's races.

hth.

Um, usually one of those dudes is the person supporting them and trying to settle them down.

Holding yourself proudly and looking strong is probably a better plan.

800ftw. wrote:

In my experience, girls try harder than guys.

And yet they still don't run nearly as fast as we do.

A Florida Coach wrote:

I'm going to offer a serious reply despite the sexist and otherwise foolish ones here already.

XC races take a lot out of these kids, and they at times react very emotionally. It is not just girls however—girls are conditioned by society that showing emotion is OK, whereas boys are conditioned to keep it inside. Walk around any XC meet and you'll find plenty of boys in a corner somewhere nearly passed out or even crying. Look at the photos from NXN Regionals if you don't believe me: the photographers caught some great examples of this, which I don't think is very fair to the athletes involved but it does prove the point.

It's called gender roles in our society we conclusively play into it without knowing it. Take a hard look in the toy aisle at any retail store and you'll see plenty of kitchens for girls and tool benches for boys, dolls for girls, big trucks for boys, ect. Parents, like you said, play into the emotion of girls when they get hurt or give them a shoulder to cry on, for boys its a stare down, toughen up kid, you better not cry! I do believe girls try harder than boys as well. Most men feel obligated to everything as it is. Woman have to work harder towards the same things that men get with less effort. I'm a father of all girls, so I have some experience in watching psychology case studies everyday haha.

ergerg wrote:

braindeadfool wrote:

Crying in the corner after a race?

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Nothing wrong with a good cry, as long as its done away from teammates, and is used to settle your emotions before going back out there and being a good teammate.

Say for example, you trained super hard for four years to qualify for the state track meet your senior year, and in the end you get passed for the final spot and fail.

In that case, if you go and cry for a little, regain control of your crushing disappointment and channel that into rage, you'll be back and ready to run on pure hate for 4x800.

Running is an emotional and painful sport. Crying happens for some people. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't do a lot of it around teammates and don't bring the team vibe down.

Crying happens for the weak. There's nothing wrong with that. You're just weak.

Hobey Gwyan wrote:

Woman's Perspective wrote:

Its to prevent creepy men talking to them, who might be hanging around watching the finish of girl's races.

hth.

Um, usually one of those dudes is the person supporting them and trying to settle them down.

Holding yourself proudly and looking strong is probably a better plan.

Usually? I agree our world is a little messed up and we have to keep our guards up but lets not exaggerate too much.

AndynOpie wrote:

Coaches expect it.

???

Coaches expect fake finish line drama?

c'mondude wrote:

Hobey Gwyan wrote:

Um, usually one of those dudes is the person supporting them and trying to settle them down.

Holding yourself proudly and looking strong is probably a better plan.

Usually? I agree our world is a little messed up and we have to keep our guards up but lets not exaggerate too much.

Yeah, I guess always would be a better choice.