Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Not
Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will NotI. Women are able to compete with men.A. UCLA scientists say that women's speeds in running are increasing at a faster average rate then men's and are projected to catch up and surpass men at various distances.B. Men and women compete evenly matched bowling, skiing, tennis, golf, racquetball, etc.C. Men come back with, "Yeah but you're never going to see a women play pro football."a. Most men can't play pro football. "They take vicarious comfort in the display of male physical competence and aggression."b. Football, baseball, basketball, hockey and boxing are important to men because they ar
On a day-to-day basis many women can beat men in a sport. These help women to be competitive with men in long distance running and swimming, gymnastics and equestrian events. Transsexuals are allowed to compete but women are still subject to sex testing. "By keeping females out of so-called male events, and by questioning the gender identity of girls and women who excel at sports, and by propagating the myth of female frailty, men cling to an antiquated dividing line between men and women. Men keep pointing to upper body strength to maintain their allusion of athletic supremacy. Men harass and cheapen women's sports through sex testing. Beisser says that men use sports as way of assuring their differences from women because sexual differences and roles are becoming obsolete. We wouldn't compare Sugar Ray Leonard to Muhammad Ali because they boxed in different weight classes. Our perspective of comparing male and female athletes is wrong.
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