In last weeks class we talked about whether women should be allowed to play in contact sports with men. We watched the video about the girl in Michigan that qualified for the state tournament in wrestling. Since she was a good wrestler she wanted to compete with the men to have some competition. Then in today's class we talked about a men trying to play women's sports. The reason that the male was playing the women's sport is because there was no men's field hockey team and he wanted to stay in shape for hockey season.
In my opinion I do not believe that this is a problem at all. If women believe they can compete against the men then they should be allowed to. People say that there is too much of a risk for her to get injuried. If a women wants to compete she should already know the risk and if she still wants to play let her. Since there is no women's football in high school, a women should be able to play football with the men. That should be the same with men if they want to play a women's sport. The male in the video wanted to play field hockey and since there is no men's team he should be able to compete on the women's team. I liked the comment in class that someone had about the parents. They said that they would not be mad if that was their kid (one of the female players) playing a men's sport and taking a starting spot from them. I think there are too many double standards when it comes to sports and this is one of them. Just because this guy is taking a starting spot from one of their daughters they are mad. The only way that would change is if they created a men's field hockey team.
(Sorry that this is late to be posted, I forgot to post it after writing it)
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No problem with the late post. As you can see, I am much later in writing my reply. It does seem to be a double standard. The thing that has been argued on behalf of Title IX is that if a male tries to play on a females' team, then he would be taking away a spot from a female, who is the 'historically under-represented' sex. That is what Donna Lopiano was saying, I believe. However, anyone who plays in a contact sport should be prepared to take a risk, in my opinion.
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