With football and basketball on every channel and the World Series recently coming to an end, sports is in everyone's face all of the time.

It has become a social expectation that guys must be invested in sports, even some who don't completely enjoy or play sports will watch games as an entertainment.

For women it's a different story; we don't have the social expectation to be invested in sports, but of course some women still love them, some don't and don't even watch them, while some don't care about them, but will still watch them.

Unfortunately there is a downside to this and every girl has experienced this once or twice in their lives, if girls become remotely invested in a team or a game, we are twenty questioned about it. "Who was the pitcher in 1969? Do you even know the coach is? How many times have you been to the stadium? Do you even know what your talking about?"

Because we are watching doesn't mean we graduated college with a degree in ESPN. Women should be allowed to enjoy a game without indirectly being belittled about our sports education.

Recently during the World Series, my friend was wearing an Indians shirt because her family is from Cleveland, someone stopped her and started asking her everything they knew about the team. She simply explained that she was making her dad proud by watching and supporting, and they wouldn't stop asking her questions about the team. Eventually, getting too annoyed, she abandoned the situation and went elsewhere to keep up with the game.

I personally don't watch sports often, but if I do watch a game with my family it's because I enjoy the entertainment, what does it matter if I (or any other female) doesn't know all the details?

I understand that some have made these teams their whole lives, but if we don't make fun of you for making it a passion, then don't make fun of us for using it as an entertainment.

Now of course this doesn't apply to all women and men, but for those reading and who can relate, please start letting us watch in peace.

Sincerely,

A girl who is just trying to catch a game