Saturday, August 02, 2003

Okay, here's a total Only in San Francisco type thingie.

In the softball game before mine, one of the teams had a Transexual playing third base. Since he/she had an Adam's Apple, I'm guessing that Gina was once a Gene and on her way to becoming Gina, but that's only a guess. I didn't ask. The thing is that it's one of those softball league's that has very defined rules for how to handle each sex. Different balls are used, different rules are used, and each team has to not only field a certain amount of women, but each batting order has to go boy/girl or girl/boy. These rules are made under the supposition that women are the weaker sex and so there has to be rules to make it equal between the men and the women and each team has rules to make it equal between each team's men and each team's women.

But, of course, what about a Transexual?

Would Gina be considered a man or a woman? Since he/she is being called Gina, I'm guessing that he/she sees themselves as a woman. The long hair, makeup and breasts could also lead one to that conclusion. On the other hand, Gina still has the body of a man so that the idea that Gina is the weaker sex doesn't necessarily apply.

Luckily, Gina also happened to suck, so I guess the point is moot anyways.

Oh yeah, my suck-ass team lost 13-0. The woman playing right field asked me whether she should use a glove on her right-hand or her left-hand as she ran out onto the field to take her place.

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