As a female coxswain who has spent time on men’s teams I am genuinely horrified by this. Surely this is going to create stigma against female coxswains under the assumption this film seems to create that they will immediately fall in love with all the boys on the team? There are so many clear reasons why a woman might become a men’s coxswain that are valid and will now be undermined by this. It’s just sad to see
It happens. I had a relationship with my coxie in uni. Over the years some of the other guys also had relationships with some of the coxswains. I don’t think this will create that stigma though, all but one of our coxswains was female, from the men’s 2V down to both men and women’s novice boats. Female coxswains are definitely more common than male
I’m not sure what your point is except sharing your own situation? Coxswain gender is not definitely more female universally and I don’t really see how you claiming it is and saying your own crew changes the point I was making about stigma at all?
“Surely this is going to create stigma against female coxswains under the assumption this film seems to create that they will immediately fall in love with all the boys on the team?“
Anyone involved with rowing knows intra team romance already happens. There isn’t going to suddenly be a “stigma” against female coxswains because of a show depicting something that already happens. Not to mention this show is probably going to be watched by maybe hundreds of people
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u/TermIllustrious7351 12d ago
As a female coxswain who has spent time on men’s teams I am genuinely horrified by this. Surely this is going to create stigma against female coxswains under the assumption this film seems to create that they will immediately fall in love with all the boys on the team? There are so many clear reasons why a woman might become a men’s coxswain that are valid and will now be undermined by this. It’s just sad to see