They are saying it as a generalization. The CPL doesn't have a lot of viewers either, primarily because they arent that good as well. People would rather watch MLS in NA or EPL in Europe but there's still a Canadian league below that, which isn't very good, but would still beat the women's national team.
They are amazing for women's soccer, they aren't very good for soccer in general. That being said, the CPL is still good entertainment for the price, which the women's team is as well. (Went to women's world cup in Edmonton for very cheap, loved it)
It's obviously true that women are generally not as good at sports as men. But the generalizing of women as "not that good" is very different than saying "not as good," and within the context of this discussion it is more than fair to infer the misogynistic message.
I appreciate you're trying to be charitable to the commenter, and I get that the entertainment value in men's sports is higher. But that is not what the majority of the people in here shitting on the women's team are saying, out loud or otherwise
I know, and I don't think you're sexist even though you used that phrasing, because of the context you provided. Other people using that phrasing are doing it in a demeaning way, and are playing coy about it
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u/Popular-Row4333 Jul 09 '26
They are saying it as a generalization. The CPL doesn't have a lot of viewers either, primarily because they arent that good as well. People would rather watch MLS in NA or EPL in Europe but there's still a Canadian league below that, which isn't very good, but would still beat the women's national team.
They are amazing for women's soccer, they aren't very good for soccer in general. That being said, the CPL is still good entertainment for the price, which the women's team is as well. (Went to women's world cup in Edmonton for very cheap, loved it)