Men’s Health under fire for ‘How to talk about sports with women’ article

According to Men’s Health Magazine, women see sports differently from men.

They need a story line to follow, the mag explained in an article titled “How to talk about sports with women,” and don’t even bother with stats.

The original link to the story was tweeted by the magazine earlier this week with this headline: “She sees the game differently than you. Here’s how and what to do about it.”

When Men’s Health received backlash for the story, it removed it from its website, but here is the original text:

“Not all women share your passion for sports, in case you hadn’t noticed. The reason? They need story lines.

“‘Most women don’t care about stats,’ says Andrei Markovits, Ph.D., coauthor of Sportista: Female Fandom in the United States. So while you’re enthusing about Dominic Moore’s scoring record, she’d rather hear about how he supported his wife’s battle with cancer—and even took a season off from the NHL at the height of his career.

“Treat your heroes as people and not just players on a field, and you’ll suck her in. Just don’t expect her to wear the foam finger.”

The magazine also apologized on Twitter.

Here’s a taste of the negative feedback from readers:

This story was originally published October 8, 2014 at 1:21 PM with the headline "Men’s Health under fire for ‘How to talk about sports with women’ article."