These Days Aren’t Over
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I had trouble closing my dresser drawers this afternoon. I pushed harder on the thick padding of shirts and pants. No movement. It was full - really, really full. I tossed the remaining pieces of clothing from the neatly folded laundry pile back onto my bed.
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These Days Aren’t Over
February 26th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Which is why I will grapple only with other ladies at Tae Kwon Do.
Oh, that’s just so wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! *grimaces*
I pity her father. Poor guy! Someone else is wearing the pants there…
February 27th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
I agree that is completely wrong.
To encourage guys to beat girls up is to encourage bad leadership, a leader is to care for those he leads not beat them up. Men are called to lead Women and caring for and protecting them is part of that leadership responsibility.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
*Moriah shakes her head* That’s just sad.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:23 am
This is something I’ve seen where I live as well. The boys who refuse to wrestle the girl are often ridiculed by the local news media, when they really should be commended.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
I feel terrible for both the boys AND the girl in this scenario — but my reasoning is somewhat different than the above, as is my ideal solution,
First, I disagree that allowing boys to wrestle girls would encourage poor behavior in boys, i.e. beating up girls. Boys aren’t stupid. Boys are intelligent enough to understand the difference between a wrestling match with a girl and a criminal assault on a girl (or on another boy for that matter). It’s not that difficult a distinction. After all boys wrestle each other all the time without necessarily becoming violent criminals.
Nonetheless, I will agree that boys should not be asked to wrestle girls. My reasoning has more to do with the close physical contact that wrestling requires. It seems reasonable to me that a boy may be made uncomfortable by that contact.
Of course, that leaves the problem of how to encourage a girl who wants to wrestle. Wrestling is a wonderful sport that requires strength and skill. It would be a pity for girls to be arbitrarily excluded from the joys and benefits of this ancient sport. My solution would be to encourage more girls to engage in sports like football and wrestling. There really is no physical reason that I can think of why girls shouldn’t be able to play contact sports on girls’ teams.