Bear Looks Like a Lady

After Baylor won the women's NCAA championship on Tuesday, I was left with one question: why is the team called the Lady Bears? Calling themselves "The Bears" would be more than appropriate. Isn't 50% of the bear population female? I've never liked the added "Lady" moniker or any other gender-specified name. Are the women at USC so inferior to the male Trojans that they must be called the Women of Troy? It's especially ridiculous to add the "Lady" handle to animal mascots: bears, be they male or female, are equally ferocious.