For men the favored sport was football.This was because it was a hard contact sport.The favored sport for women was croquet.The women were not really allowed to play the harder contact sports, so croquet was a good fit for them.It was a sport that you didn't need to have strength or good technique in, which they believed women didn't have, so it was a perfect fit for them.
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Created with images by ell brown - "St John's House, Warwick" • jarmoluk - "the ball stadion football" • @markheybo - "croquet" • Visit Cape May - "A Game of Croquet"