Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for June 14, 2016

And yet girls usually threw underhand in those days.

Actually, yes, since she IS a girl. How else would she throw?

Sign her up for pitcher.

She is a girl. What did you expect? Want a tough girl Charlie Brown? Wait until you meet Peppermint Patty.

I’ve seen girl pitchers that throw really well. That is a bit of ancient sexism.

My sister is a great thrower.

Hel-LO…

today this strip might even bring Schulz some unneeded and undeserved PC fall out or possibly a discrimination lawsuit. (sorry, been reading the headlines and simply struggling to understand the reasoning for SOME of the things being ‘reported’ on and about)

“Why can’t Jackie just take it like a man?”.“Well, to begin with, Mr. Doyle, she is not a man…”.(from “Death on the Nile”)

Violet: “Well, you should talk, Charlie Brown! YOU throw just like a, well, you throw like a, CHARLIE BROWN!!!”(Violet storms off in a huff!)CB: “Ouch.”

Punchlines were not obligatory in those days.

Satire…

Ever notice just how often that insult is used on a girl? Typically in comics, movies, or TV shows. Growing up I never thought much of it. I’ve got two sisters, one who throws in the a typical “like a girl” except when she’s ticked off (then she’s trying to kill you with her throws which are 90% of the time too wild to worry about) and the other who could throw decently. Never said that to either of them, or to any girl for that matter. Wasn’t until I was an adult that I began questioning how much of an insult it was, even for boys. When you’ve got female pitchers who have some heat to them, wouldn’t saying “you throw like a girl” be able to be taken as a compliment? Especially by a girl?