Being a female sports fan is usually a great experience. Why wouldn't it be? But sometimes people (not naming names/genders) seem to think that girls are, for some reason, not as knowledgable about or interested in the teams and sports that they follow. Of course, this is going to produce some backhanded lines and questions that girls have to answer to prove ourselves to other sports fans, like these.

1. “Name five players on that team.”

The classic go-to for anyone trying to take down a female sports fan

2. “Does your boyfriend/brother/dad like them too?”

Even if they do, why would it matter?

3. “Did you play any sports in high school?”

Fun fact: Pittsburgh Steelers OC Todd Haley never played a down of organized football.

4. “Who do you think’s the hotter player?”

I mean, that's not what we're here for, but if you really wanna know...

5. “Stop pretending to like sports just to get guys to like you.”

[Crickets heard in the distance]

6. “You know a lot about sports...for a girl.”

You were so close, buddy....so close

7. “If you knew the rules, you’d know there should have been a flag/foul.”

Yep, that's definitely it

8. “I don’t think you wanna join our fantasy league, it might be too hard."

Too hard for me? How about too hard for anyone I'll be playing against

9. “What about the WNBA?”

Don't use women's professional sports against me

10. "Do you even know the blood type of the starting DE for the 1972 Houston Oilers?" (Or any number of unlimited obscure/irrelevant sports facts or statistics)

Does anyone know that? Does the starting DE for the 1972 Houston Oilers even know?

11. “Are you even paying attention to the game?"

What kind of question...

What is a girl who likes sports supposed to look like?

Bonus: 13. Those NFL women's apparel commercials

NFL: we don't need an apparel store filled with pink, sparkly, diamond-studded, hideous clothing, but thanks for trying.