I never really bought into the gender gap thing to such an extent, as all the people in my family are pretty much knowledgeable of a wide range of things (girls know what a football is (oblong ball used in fall) and guys know what a flat iron is ( its for hair)) .
I was wrong.
I was listening to the baseball playoffs at work. Texas Rangers against Tampa Bay Rays. A woman ( in her defense, she has no brothers) walked in and said " Oh, Football". I asked her how she came to that wonderful conclusion. She informed me that she heard the announcer say Rangers, and she knew that there was a New York football team called the Rangers.
I looked at her and informed her that there is a New York team called the Rangers, but they play hockey. I felt that to point out that there are never football games played on Wednesday afternoon was overkill.
Its not a gap, sometimes its a chasm.
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Ahem.
My seven year old daughter, who has a brother all of four months old, got off the school bus, came inside and said:
"the bus driver was listening to the yankee game."
Now, granted it wasn't the yankees game, but it was baseball, and I was duly proud.
I have a feeling that there are some members of both your extended family, and even this very blog! who could have had that exact conversation with you. Males.
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