"Bruce Leverett" wrote:
.... If some girl or her mother expressed bemusement at
a 1st girl trophy, or turned it down outright, that would indeed
indicate that a message of inferiority was being conveyed; but I
didn't see that happening. ....

Messages can be subtle, yet their effects long-lasting. Who would turn down
a significant trophy at a kids' tournament? Months later, a girl looking at
her 1st girl's trophy might well be struck, all of a sudden, by the inherent
"inferiority" message.

Bill Smythe