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I think checking should be legal in women's international hockey. CMV

The title pretty much sums it up. Anyone watching olympic hockey should have noticed that the women play quite a different game than the men. I think it's sexist to assume that women need to play a less physical game than the Men. Moreover, the current rule that contact is ok if making a play on the puck is vague and subject to inconsistent application by referees.

U.S.A. forward Jocelyne Lamoureux said of the rule application:

> It would be easier for the refs if we were able to check. In some games, checking is basically allowed. In some, you can't even rub players out on the boards.

These are elite athletes. Trying to coddle them is sexist and degrading. Change my view.
gpt
Checking used to be legal in women's hockey, and it created a sluggish and plodding pace of play.  The change was made not because women couldn't handle physical play, but because it negatively changed the way that the game was played.

Various hockey leagues have different rules.  Fighting is outlawed in the European leagues, but no one outside Don Cherry would argue that it's because European players lack the toughness to fight.  Full facial protection is required in American college hockey, meaning that there are 21- and 22-year-old players playing with more required protection than other players their age in different leagues; no one would say college players lack the toughness to expose more of their face to danger.

Leagues of all levels make changes to the game in order to address certain issues that may exist.  Checking in women's hockey isn't a protective measure or about "coddling", it's because the previous experiment with checking allowed was a complete disaster.