Where Are All the Girls

I address you with great concern for our sport, paintball. The world of paintball has long been a subculture the prizes it's members on macho toughness and a manly sort of persona. But, because of how we define our sport and it's members we have created a sport lacking in women. Now some men that play consider the idea of getting their wives or girlfriends into their alone time sport insane. But for single players or for those of us who simply like to see women on a daily basis the logic is sound. Everyone knows that women whether they be your wife, girlfriend, sister, or simply just a friend all like for you to involve them in your daily life. Making the women in your life happy makes life easier. This simple act of bringing more women into the sport adds new and enjoyable aspects to the culture of paintball. But don't get me wrong I'm not saying we need more pink masks or paint that smells more like flowers, I'm just try to say a little diversity in paintball would be interesting not to mention it would make the view much more enjoyable.

It's high time we bring our great sport out of sausage fest status and into the modern age. "How do we do that?" some may ask. Well it's simply word of mouth. We make paintball more appealing to women the same way recreational paintball got so popular to begin with. Tell your female friends what a great sport this is. Tell your wives, your sisters, your daughters, your coworkers, and even your mistress. Bring more hot out doors type women to paintball and improve the playing experience for everyone. By keeping the same image we project as amateur players we limit our sport to only about half the talent it could have. Furthermore, by passively limiting our sport in this way we keep a large amount of money from being spent on paintball, and as we all know paintball is a struggling sport that could always use a bit of help. We have to change the way we think of paintball, change our mind set to attract new members while at the same time making our sport more interesting. And none of that girls league and boys league crap if women can fight in the military then they can sure as hell play paintball on the same level as guys. Bringing women into paintball means more players, more much needed revenue to the paintball market, and it means a more interesting and enjoyable game.

For anyone out there that still doesn't agree with me allow me to offer you an example. I do know one girl who plays paintball and though I have not had the opportunity to play with her yet I look forward to it. My girlfriend Brianna and she has been playing almost as long as I have.
Just like me she started in high school and also like me she plays whenever she can afford it. paintball after all is an expensive sport. She's not girlie like the girls some who read this may fear will get into paintball, she simply likes to play. And although I have never been against women playing she did open my eyes to the good that would come from more women becoming involved in the sport. So the next time you go out and play woods ball with your friends think of some new people you could tell about your experience, and if you have an extra marker and mask and want to invite a friend consider how you might change it up by inviting a girl instead of a guy this time.