One of the hardest parts of latino culture for me is the difference in how men and women are perceived here. I'm just so American. And I don't handle well comments or insinuations made about women not being able to do things because they're women.
Abigail started soccer a few weeks ago. And I discovered last week that the coach is hesitant to give them too rigorous of a schedule (i.e. give them things to do the whole practice) because the girls in the team need to rest a lot. They've been laying around a lot and taking tons of water breaks. I've spent two different practices speaking with him about how Abigail does not need to take rests because she's a girl. The last practice I found out that the girls had to rest while the boys played and then the boys played with the girls (because boys don't need the rest).
I told the coach that as far as he is concerned, Abigail is a boy.
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