The Problem With David Cameron’s Needless Interjection of “As a Father of Girls”
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I can’t emphasise my relevance and status by starting sentences with “As a mother…” but that doesn’t detract from my input, or at least it shouldn’t! “An abundance of skill, art, and sportsmanship”…
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I’m fed up with being viewed as emotionally stilted and heartless simply because I’m not a mother.

I can’t emphasise my relevance and status by starting sentences with “As a mother…” but that doesn’t detract from my input, or at least it shouldn’t!

“An abundance of skill, art, and sportsmanship” is why my husband loves women’s football and has dedicated his spare time to watching the World Cup.

My husband feels buoyed by the interest and media airtime the World Cup has received. Seeing the engagement of the younger generation of girls watching their own gender playing a sport that men still dominate is nothing short of inspiring.

Here in Ireland, the energy has been high. Irish flags cascade out of house and shop windows, and homemade good luck signs furnished the outskirts of small towns and villages, a traditional local and loyal tribute to the Irish soccer team.

The prize fund for this year's World Cup sits at $110 million; that’s a staggering amount of money and a significant increase from the lousy $30 million prize fund available at the…