Like a Woman

To the Editors of The Crimson:

I was disturbed at the headline on the Caryn Curry profile, "Basketball Star 'Plays Like a Man'". This headline does nothing but reinforce the double standard and sexism that prevails on the subject of women's sports. When someone tells a woman athlete, like Caryn, that she does her sport like a man, it is taken as a compliment not because women are trying to emulate men but because playing like a man is synonymous with playing well. The way our society exists today, to be a good female athlete is to deny the mold that has encompassed women for years and dare to play her sport to her fullest ability. Does Caryn Curry play like a man? I say no. Caryn is a woman. She is a very talented athlete. Caryn is aggressive and plays her sport, basketball, very well. To say that Caryn plays like a man is to deny the metamorphosis that women sports and the entire female sex has made in the eyes of society. Patricia E. GoPaul '80