I don’t think lady-footballers will ever be able to ‘shoot’ goals

PLUS: Noël Coward corrects Ian Fleming, and Anaïs Nin burns Henry Miller

Aug 01, 2022

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England’s Chloe Kelly scoring the winning goal against Germany at Wembley Stadium on July 31, 2022, in front of 87,192 football fans (Photo by Richard Sellers/Soccrates/Getty Images)

[A woman] is physically incapable of stretching her legs sufficiently to take the stride masculine... the smaller a woman’s foot is the prouder she is of it, and very natura…

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