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Soccer hair-pulling fuels debate over sport sexism
Quick ReadDouble standard? Some see sexism at play in reaction to soccer hair-pulling incident
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NEW YORK (AP) — The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game.
"Catfight" has been a term commonly used in cyberspace reactions to the video clip now seen by millions of people around...
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