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09/01/2009

Last year i decided i wanted to do something different in my life ive never done a sport and i said to my self why not go out for wrestling? I knew all the risks involved wrestling with boys my coach was kind enough to accept me im very grateful for that. I will admit wrestling was one of the hardest things ive ever done in my life but i loved the challenge and the thrill.I was no where near good but oh well at least i had tthe guts. Soon i will be trying out for highschool wrestling im a terrified because i know it will be 100x harder for me than it was in 8th grade but i am willing i believe i can do it. I will not be the best but i will always try to improve myself and prove myself to anyone who thinks i cant do it. No one in my family supports me but i love wrestling and there are no girls teams. not enough girls want to join so wrestling with boys is what ill have to continue doing until a change is made.

06/07/2009

This boils down to a complete disregard for what the boys have to endure. Girls have nothing to lose in this situation. Ask a female to put herself in a guys situation, they don't care or want to care. Boys are taught to never hit girls at an early age. Girls are given the message it's ok and even encouraged to hit and kick boys with no consequences. My best friend in high school had to wrestle a girl his freshman year. I never wrestled but he told me about many matches he had. He was uneasy about it and later told me he didn't want to touch her private areas that would just be a part of wrestling with guys. He pinned her like a rag doll, but that's beside the point. He had everything to lose and she had nothing to lose. He still felt uneasy even after the match and told me that he didn't want to ever wrestle a girl again. It was unnatural, yet for some reason society allows this to happen. I think it's yet another form of male bashing and bias against boys in general. Girls get your own team for everyone's sake!

05/08/2009

I support girls wrestling boys. My personal take is she knows the risk and should have the same expectations as a male. I feel the same about women in the military, firefighting, etc. You need to have the same physical requirements and if a female can do it more power to her.

04/09/2009
John
Cheney, WA

I believe girls should be allowed to wrestle but only with other girls. Its not that girls can't compete or are not as good as the boys because in some cases they are much better skilled. There is still societal stigmas to boys losing to girls (but there shouldn't be)and the sexual part of it is always there and may make the boys afraid to be really aggressive and do their best.

02/03/2009

Columbia,SC

I agree with Tara Neal. If I had to wrestle her I would. Though I am probably old enough to be a grandfather by now. I am a baby-boomer who grew up all over the world and saw title IX start growing when I was a Junior in HS at CloverPark HS in Tacoma WA. I saw and heard of lots of girls and women who wrestled then. Like Tara said. It is going to happen. I even think that one day they will have CO-ED wrestling and CO-ED competion in the Olympics in Boxing (according to strict weight conditions,size,experience and so on) since it is called "Good-Will" Games. That day is coming. I'll be in the audience clapping.

Chip

12/24/2008
Russ
NJ

My teenage son wrestles and now my daughter wants to also. But my son tells me , all the guys , hate to wrestle against a girl .. During a match or practice he won't put his hand across a gals breasts or between their legs because it is very embarrassing for him thus he'd rather decline then have to "half wrestle" against a female.. This is totally unfair for him and the other boys. They also have a saying (which they would never tell the coach) " all the guys know Amy" because when you wrestle against a female (i.e.> Amy) you get to put your hands all over her.. I won't let my daughter wrestles because of the male/female inappropriate contact involved. It brothers the boys much more than it seems to bother the girls but it doesn't let the boys really wrestle 100% against a female when they are worried about inappropriate contact. I have a very unique view of the wrestling "girl/guy" problem having a child on both sides and I have to conclude that after 6th grade, boys and girls should only w restle against their own gender.. FYI > For years in my state you only had girls volleyball in schools with plenty of boys who would have loved to play volleyball as a team sport . BUT you didn't see the boys trying to break into the girls teams! The boys organized (with their parents help) and push for boys volleyball in the schools and finally got what they wanted. It took a long time and many boys never got to play Volleyball for their school but with persistence they won out and now there are plenty of boys volleyball teams in the high schools here..

Girls wrestling needs to get organized and push their sport as the boys did here in volleyball. They need to wait till there are enough girls interest in wrestling to organize girls wrestling and quit trying to crash the boys wrestling teams where they are highly unwanted by the boys and coaches. Yes coaches too, but coaches have to be "Political Correct" about it so they keep their mouths shut.

12/09/2008
kaylynn

I am in wresting and there are two more girl wreslers on my team shanie and hannah
hannah is so good she got like 10 scholerships so far and yes it is harder when ur a girl becuse u have periods and girl arint as strong as guys they can be but guys would beat us in a strong match eny time.

12/09/2008
shanie
illinois

I also am a girl in wrestling and sure its tough but thats what makes it so great... people have told me your just going to quit so whats the point of wrestling... and while their saying that i'm kicking butt. because this is something i enjoy and nothing is going to make me quit...

07/22/2008
Katelynn

I am a girl wrestler and im not going to quit, for anyone. My dad doesn't agree && my grandma doesn't either, and either do some kids in our school. Being a wrestler is not about oh u cant do it, its about if you can make it though the practices, cut the weight, wake up every Saturday morning at 5-6 to catch the bus to enjoy a long day tournament, clipping your nails, getting along with your coaches, and much more. I have did all of these things countless times, and im still living, even better than before. I quit volleyball, softball, and track because nothing compares to wrestling. The coaches are so much different, a wrestling coach is your alarm clock, your nutritionist, your drill Sargent, your aid along the mat, and your friend. So i am going to be strong and not quit for the ladies who aren't strong enough too.

06/03/2008

Title IX - Girls Wrestling Looks like a one way street. What's in it for boys? Thought Title IX was for equality for both genders. Why are boys not joining girls teams? Why did the Womens Sports Foundation lie about 21000 boys being forced out of wrestling in only one year. They lost their scholerships because of Title Ix. Looks like a scam to me.

06/03/2008
Ashley Bowe
Elma Washington

I think that no matter where you are girl wrestlers are looked at differently. I am a wrestler at my high school, elma high school. There is only two other girls on our wrestling team.In our school everyone knows everone because it is a smaller school. I wrestle at the weight class 125 lbs. I think that there are people in our school that are surprised that we wrestle, but they are mostly okay with it. but most poeple talk about it and dont really approve of it. They don't really know what to think because we are "normal" girls. I'm also a Varsity football cheerleader, track particiant, and class President as well as a wrestler. One of the other girls on the wrestling team is on football dance and drill team. i think that we are dicriminated against for paticaipating in a sport that some poeple consider to be a predominantly male sport, but if the girl can take the bad feedback and jokes that she gets from her fellow peers and can keep up with the practices and other athletes then she deserves the right to be on the team. who cares about the gender?

02/19/2008
rachael

I have been playing soccer for 3 years and now we are starting co-ed.The boys say that we shouldn't be on the team becuase we arent as good as them but to tell you the truth some of us are better.At recces the girls want to play football but the boys say we cant because we dont know how but we do. Know one knows whybut we feel left out that the boys woun't let us play any sports we want to play."I say go girls we can do what we want to do and play any sport that we want to play. So come on girls you can do it."

01/15/2008

california

I feel that a woman or girl should be allowed to play whatever they want. they shouldn't have some person telling them they'll make because they would is full of currupt people as it is and we don't need anymore. I'm a guy and i think it is cool if a girl want to play any sport.

12/06/2007
Autumn Stevens
rochester ny

so heres the thing...i wrestle AND i play football..starting pro football this spring...guys arent as strong as they think and ive actually wanted to drop a kid on his head cuz he straight up said he couldnt take me down in wrestling cuz i am a girl...the guys in football even on my own team would lay me out...we dont do it for attention(except those few who ruin our reputation for us) we know the consequences and the possibilities of injuries...i knew playing varsity football for a team expected to win states it wasnt gonna be easy i could get hurt or even so hurt that it leads to death...its all around us...shouvenistic coaches and authority figures are not what are needed in this world its more girls like us that step out of the ordinary...in new york theres a seperate weight certification form for females..i was excited when i sat down and saw it because after 2 yrs of crossing out he/his/your son for football i was sick of it and it was a wake up call that hey theres other girls out there and i sure cant wait to find some n shake their hand cuz were in it together.

11/27/2007

The real issue is "Womens Rights".
Title IX was really engineered to help women advance in sports even if it detrimental to men. One girl signed her posting with "girls rule".In our society if a girl does it she is liberated if a guy does it he's a sexist. Now days a girl has unbelievable rights that boys don't have.
Girls can join boys sports teams.
Judge in Canada says that girls
can go into boys locker room.
Girls can end an unwanted baby.
Girl sports writers can enter male
locker rooms while men shower.
Girls and gays are at the top of
the employment line.
Indeed I believe that the girl who said "girls rule" is correct.

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