last thing:
if your first reaction to a woman finding a player attractive, writing/consuming rpf, or whatever else is:
“you’re setting us back” “you’re making it harder for everyone else” “this is why they don’t respect us”
you’re quite literally participating in misogyny
can i also say that even if women were only watching hockey because they find the players attractive, why does it matter? how is that hurting anyone? men can oversexualize women and theres no conversation about it. but god forbid a woman finds an attractive player.. attractive
another thing i'll say is that women contain multitudes. many straight women who watch the nhl def do find players attractive but if you look at who their favorite player is it's Chopped Baldotron 5000 whom they like bc he had a sick goal 5 years ago. theres way too much nuance+
while i understand the reality of the situation, i really think women should be aloud to like sports and think the athletes are attractive. i literally know a guy who picked his favourite PWHL based on the two girls he thinks is the hottest and no-one batted an eye #twocents
now if u are taking about running him for his money that’s one thing but ffs it’s not like he’s freshly 18 the man is 24 years ago bro that’s more than grown enough