Sexism in Sports. Seriously.

OK.  Call me whatever you want,  but I have no intentions of watching or rooting for the Buffalo women's professional hockey team.

I'm all for evening out the whole women's profession sports arena.  I see professional men's football,  baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer,  you name it.  Lacrosse.  (OK.  That takes real talent.  I have no idea how the First Nations people play it so well.  Beyond all the practice.  But I digress.)

Right now there are four teams in the league and, by the looks of the schedule,  they spar with women's college teams as well.  There is a women's league in Canada that the National Women's Hockey League might merge with.  So there are plenty of games to watch.

I just can't support them.

There are the NY Riveters.  Their symbol?  Rosie the Riveter.  I can buy into that.  There's a good role model in Rosie.   I'm also a bit of a history fan and my father served in the US Army Air Corps in WWII.  I'm familiar with Rosie and her whole attitude.  Whoever picked this deserves plenty of praise because it shows a "can do" attitude in a positive way and it has a strong positive history.  World War II and with all the help women gave in manufacturing, business, flying, etc.  the Allied powers were able to beat the fascists.  Good choice here.

There is the Boston Pride.  Obviously feline.  A bit of sexism there.  And in their symbol they have the word "Pride" with the "i" as a series of claw marks.  Reminds me too much of a cat fight,  which is what males of our species always seem to call it when women fight.  Not liking this one too much.

Then we have the Hartford Whale.  Get that cutesy smile off the face of that mascot.  Is this hockey or a happy fest?  Look at the Hartford Whalers logo.  Would a man's team have something cutesy like that?  That and "whale" is what males call a female that struggles with weight issues.  Really not happy with this one.

And then there is the Buffalo team.  The Beauts.  Is this hockey or a modeling contest?  Please.  Seriously.  How [insert your choice of expletive here] sexist.

Buffalo's men's team is called the Sabres,  which refers to a type of sword.  It was suggested to me that Buffalo could go with an alliteration - the Sabres and Stilettos.  A stiletto being a type of knife.  Not one that I would want jammed into me.  It is also a type of shoe - a high heeled shoe - that is typically associated with strippers, sex workers,  femme fatales, etc.  They are referred to as "F-me pumps."  Still rather sexist.

I don't know.  The Buffalo Blades?  That sounds violent and do we really need more violence?

I am at a loss here for solutions to this naming dilemma.  Suggestions?

I'm all for women's professional sports and want their talents and abilities recognized.
And I want them to receive the same compensation as their male counterparts.

I'm just sick of all the sexism.