Before reading Iris Young’s passages, especially in “Throwing Like a Girl” Part 1, I had never realized the depth of how much women do to restrict their space and bodies. The crux of this claim is that “typically, [women] lack an entire trust in our bodies to carry us to our aims” (Young 34). Generally, the article discussed how women are often hesitant or mindful of their space in sports or physical tasks. One example Young gives is a time where she was very cautious while crossing a stream, compared to her male counterparts who bounded across effortlessly. Particularly these three adjectives were used in describing a women’s approach to physical tasks, “timidity, uncertainty, and hesitancy” (Young 34). Thus, the main idea from this part of Young’s passages was about how women are inclined to be acutely aware of their space rather than necessarily the task at hand. In Young’s second part, “‘Throwing Like a Girl’: Twenty Years Later,” she states that a lot has changed in the recent years, especially with females feeling more inclined to be open and active, and there is discussion about some of the setbacks of the original article. For example, the article “expos[es] how male-dominated society excludes women from highly valued male activities, rather than also looking for how it devalues female activities” (Young 289).
