"The players were very good — for women," he wrote. "The problem is that women are not very good at this kind of thing, certainly not by comparison with men. If you want to watch soccer played well (I personally have a limited appetite for it), you should watch men."
Bingo. I was a kid when the #1 ranked woman's tennis player in the world, Billie Jean King, defeated a 62 year old former mediocre male pro from decades before Bobby Riggs, in a "Battle of the Sexes" match broadcast in prime time. The victory was hailed by feminists everywhere. I still LOL at that. She'd have never taken her chances with the bottom ranked male player of the day. Because.....you know....