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Disc Golf HATES Women
Disc Golf's Troubled Past and its Untold History: A Conversation with Jefferson. Jefferson is joined by Matthew Roststein to explore the untold history of women in disc golf. They delve into the sport's origins, discussing the early days of Fred Morrison and the PDGA revolution. The conversation also touches on the complexities of acceptance and inclusion within the community, particularly regarding women's participation. Jefferson shares his own research on the topic, including his upcoming book "Steady", which uncovers the hidden lore of disc golf. They discuss various themes, from the impact of women's signatures on discs to the experiences of women in competitive play. The discussion is a call to action for those involved in the sport to reevaluate their attitudes and create a more inclusive environment.
You won't believe what happens when a female player tries to join their disc golf league in this hilarious and shocking video.
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What Dez and Val were both told was that having a woman's signature on the disc would hurt sales. Is it safe to say disc golf hates women? What's up, degenerates? It's the Disc Golf world. I'm Jefferson, the dude that's going to lecture y'all about how horrible you've treated the girls in the sport. Obviously, I'm being hyperbolic, but also not really. Disov has a pretty messy history when it comes to accepting women. I mean, have you ever seen the DG Circle Jerk subreddit? Yeah, me neither. The new disc golf documentary, No Girls Allowed: The Untold History of Women's Disc Golf, has dropped. And I couldn't recommend you check it out anymore. I'd rather you spend the $5 on this than a used and abused destroyer from the used section. And if you know me, you understand how big of a compliment that is. If that doesn't have you convinced, we have the creator, Matthew Roststein, to at least educate all you on the hidden lore of our sport. >> You guys uh know that I'm working on a kind of a broader disc golf history project. um the book Steady, the untold history of disc golf. Um it's a comprehensive um telling of the disc golf story. So for almost two years now, I've been deep in research um from the very beginning going back to Fred Morrison and the and the Pluto platters all the way through modern day. And um I didn't really go in there with any kind of preconceptions of what I would find or what the main story threads were. I just um was interested in I was interested in the PDJ in particular um and disc golf kind of more generally, but as I'm going through this story um and this history, certain certain threads just kind of jumped off the page at me, you know, like wow. One of those wows was the last episode we did with Matthew. Definitely check that out if you haven't seen it already as we discussed the PDGA revolution. Like he mentioned, this is one installment of a series he's releasing all on the topic of the early ages of disc golf. The Steady Initiative has the goal to tell the stories of the game that often are unknown. Basically, I'm trying to say, don't become Reddit and hate on the dock without...
