今年2月初，台灣職棒球隊中信兄弟聘請了台灣棒球史上第一位女性教練，來自美國的 Sarah Edwards。所有打破框架的「第一位」都值得恭喜，但我們來聊聊全世界體壇中，至今依然存在的「男棒女壘」風氣。
「男棒女壘」是什麼意思？大致上就是「男生打棒球，女生打壘球」。此現象的成因包含過去認為棒球對身體素質與運動能力的要求高過於衍生自棒球的壘球，因此比起「難度較高的棒球」，女性「更適合壘球」，甚至就連奧運過去有棒球與壘球的幾屆也都有類似的規定。（棒球目前仍為奧運不定期項目，所以不是每屆都有。）
直到近幾年性別平等意識逐漸進步，管理全球棒壘球賽事的世界棒壘球總會才開始推動，只要當屆奧運有棒壘球，那兩個性別各分一個項目，下次的大型比賽就會交換性別項目。（例如當屆奧運如果有男棒女壘，那隔年的世運就會是女棒男壘，以此類推。）
但很多人不知道的是，台灣的女棒和女壘其實很強！根據世界棒壘球總會官方統計，自從2012年以來，台灣女棒在世界盃女子棒球賽就一直是前五名，近幾年更是經常佔據第二，只輸給第一的棒球強國日本。台灣女壘則是自 2018 年開始，年年都有在世界前五！希望聽完今天這集之後，大家也可以多多關注台灣的女子棒球與壘球！
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Zukkim 也分享了自己大學時加入籃球校隊的有趣故事，並希望透過他自己的經驗告訴大家，體育本身的誕生本就無關乎性別與技術，不論是什麼樣的性別、身體與種族，人人都應該擁有安全且快樂享受運動的權利。
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