I think gender socialization plays a role in it; my dad would talk about and play backyard sports with me as easily as he would my brother, and this has given me an abiding interest such that I talked about baseball with my high-school teachers until the star of our school's baseball team told one of them "She knows more about it than I do!" and upon moving to another country I started feeling like I belonged when I could follow Test Match Special or my friends talking about rugby on Twitter.
And sports are still the only thing my dad and I have to talk about. I mean, we're not gonna talk about feelings, are we? :)
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I think gender socialization plays a role in it; my dad would talk about and play backyard sports with me as easily as he would my brother, and this has given me an abiding interest such that I talked about baseball with my high-school teachers until the star of our school's baseball team told one of them "She knows more about it than I do!" and upon moving to another country I started feeling like I belonged when I could follow Test Match Special or my friends talking about rugby on Twitter.
And sports are still the only thing my dad and I have to talk about. I mean, we're not gonna talk about feelings, are we? :)