Summary Of Throwing Like A Girl

Reporting Information Article Assignment - Analyzing a Report James Fallows wrote a report called “Throwing Like a Girl,” it explores the art of throwing a baseball and the misconceptions that lead to the phrase “throwing like a girl.” He goes on to tell us about the time that the Clinton’s, Bill and Hillary, threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Cubs game in 1994. Bill Clinton was wearing an Indians cap and warm-up jacket when he threw the pitch. She was wearing a dark jacket, a scarf, and an oversized Cubs hat. He had the right form and position to throw the pitch where Hillary did not. There were pictures being taken at the game and one picture was taken of Hillary as she was in the middle of throwing the pitch. This picture was described as throwing like a girl. …show more content…
“Feminists smart t its implication that to do something “like a girl” is to do it the wrong way,” says Fallows. Most athletes are trained the same whether you are a guy or a girl. The women get accused of doing something “like a girl” and grow the assumption that women are of less value than guys are. Many people think that men and women throw differently because of the way they are structured. “For now, what you’ll hear if you ask an orthopedist, an anatomist, or (especially) the coach of a women’s softball team is that there is no structural reason why men and women throw in different ways,” says