Girls playing with the Boys, and Boys playing with the Girls
Submitted by SerendipUpdate on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 12:56pm.
Women, Sport, and Film - 2002
Student Papers
On Serendip
Girls playing with the Boys, and Boys playing with the Girls
Zoe Meyer
On the athletic field, in the gym, or on the ice, there have always
been standards for the athletes to follow. These standards range from
what type of athletic equipment is not only necessary but appropriate,
to who can play when, where, and how. This last standard is the one
that is being challenged the most; can men play not only on women’s
teams, but can they also participate in female dominated sports without
being taunted? The same goes for women, can females, without fear,
really participate in traditionally male dominated sports? Although the
social costs to the individual participating in the non-traditional
sport are many, the benefits, if played well and correctly, can be and
are quite plentiful as well.
For men, this desire to participate in traditionally female dominated
sports is not quite as great as it is for females. This is because,
honestly, men have a wealth of opportunities for athletics, whether it
be professional or not, for every one chance women have. But, in the
case that a male does want to participate in a female dominated sport,
he will have a hard time being accepted, not necessarily by his female
teammates, but by the society watching the sport. Traditionally, male
athletes are supposed to be in rough and tumble sports. They are
supposed to be hard bodied, passionate about the game, and willing to
play no matter what the circumstances. Most female sports, even the
female counterpart of a male sport, is less rough and tumble and less
aggressive than male sports. For a man to participate in one of these
sports he is likely to get laughed off the field, taunted with jeers of
“homo” and suggestions that he is “not man enough” to play with the
“real men” in traditionally male dominated sports. This can not only be
damaging to the male playing, but it can also be damaging to the women
playing. The jeers could become aimed at the women on the field or the
ice and they could hint that women are not only incapable to play, but
that since they need a man to join their team to help them, they
obviously do not belong anywhere but on the sidelines.
This previous example is probably a little extreme, but the ideas
behind it are quite real. Imagine a man walking onto the deck of a
swimming pool, ready to compete in synchronized swimming. The expected
first impression would be, “what the…?” because men are not supposed to
be synchronized swimmers. There may not be jeers taunted at him, and he
may not get made fun of, but he is not looked upon favorably by those
watching the event. If, however, he is looked upon favorably, in
whatever female dominated sport he is participating, the benefits could
be plenty. Imagine the publicity the team would get, not to mention the
only man on the team! The endorsements for athletic equipment, shoes,
and many other things could support him for the rest of his life after
just one year of playing. Being the only man on a professional or
Olympic level team could potentially lead to more opportunities for
endorsements and such than being just another member of a men’s team.
This may seem well and good, but when a man “makes it big” playing for
a women’s team, there is always the question and suggestion that he
should then go play with the big boys. With this in mind, it is easy to
see that a male’s opportunity for continual benefits from playing on a
women’s team are slim. Again, this is something that is not very common
for men at the professional level, or even at an amateur level because
of the fact that men have more opportunities to play than women.
Women, on the other hand, often want to participate in, not only
traditionally male dominated sports because, at least now there are
female counterparts for them, but they want to “play with the big boys”
as well. For a female to “break into” a male sport is probably one of
the most difficult parts of actually being an athlete. The main
argument that is used almost regardless of the sport for women
participating in traditionally male dominated sports is that the female
body is not made to correctly function while participating. Also, the
idea that the women will lose their femininity if they play with men is
another reason to keep them off the field and out of the ring. For
women to be taken seriously in a male dominated sport they have to not
only be the best female in the ring, gym, or wherever, they also have
to be the best overall athlete.
Traditionally, women are thought of as more fragile, and less
aggressive than men. With this in mind, it is clear the reasons why it
is so difficult for women to participate in male dominated sports. The
costs to a woman playing with a man in the ring or on the field are
more numerous than simply getting laughed at and called names. Usually,
to really see the extent to which women can take playing with the boys,
the men will usually play their hardest, if not harder in an attempt to
push the women to their limits and eventually make them quit. Also,
since the woman is in a male dominated sport, the chances that there
are other females out there helping “the cause” are very small which
makes it even harder for her to be taken seriously.
The benefits for a woman in a man’s sport however are probably some of
the greatest out there. She will not only most likely be the star and
the sweetheart of the team, but she will also most likely get the most
attention both in and out of the game. Also, the endorsements for a
woman playing with men are unimaginable, especially with all the
feminists behind her and supporting her, she will most likely never
have to worry about money again. The one problem with all of this
though, is that she will probably have to be defending her sexuality
constantly from those that think all female athletes are gay. However,
if any woman can get through the taunting, and succeed in a male
dominated sport, then she truly will have “made it” in the world of
athletics.
For men and women to participate in sports not traditionally dominated
by their sex is probably a lot more difficult at first than would seem
worth it, but in the end it could be a major stepping stone into the
world of athletics as well as the rest of society. The costs to both
seem, at first, almost insurmountable, but once they have become versed
in the ways of the sport, the benefits out rule it all.
|
08/01/2005, from a Reader on the Web I am an african american FEMALE, who plays football. I started at the age of 5 when i played on a 6 yr old BOY TEAM. when i first started yea, it was harsh but as i got older boys became scared of me and girls didnt even look at me unless they were my friends because they knew who i was!!!! I was the best player on the team amd recieved a lot of MVP's. people shouldn't discriminate agaist girl(women) because girls "some" girls r as tough as boys. sure i had lil boyfriends and i still did girl thing but dont juge a girl by what they look like, because i could be the prettiest girl but also the "one who knows how to take care of business! till' this day noone messes with me or even THINKS about "tryin'" to pick on me even though i may not look like a football player i AM one! Sincxe i am omly 13 i still have lots to accomplish and i say yeah to ALL the girls who think they can handle the sport!!!!!!!!!!!!1 P.S- on my team after the games boys couldn't even tell i was a girl until' i took my helment off becouse i was that good, i am not afraid to brake a nail and i am not preppy i am "a football playin' female repin' all da guhs!!!!!GET THAT?!?!?!?!?
I am 14 years old and so into football... many people see its as strange (mostly females) but many other people (mostly males) think its cool. Its not that i wanna play with the "big boys" as your article states. I just like to play football. I am not trying to prove myself in anyway.. i just wanna play. What i'm trying to say is i disagree with the argument why females play male teams. |
Additional comments made prior to 2007
i
have been a very athletic girl since i was about 5 and i have always
wanted to play football with the boys. yet its hard b.c of the trouble
u get with ppl saying names and stuff . i believe girls should have the
right considering its against the law to judge ppl of their sex. if
they are just as good as the boys or better and can keep up with the
competiotion then heck yess they should play with them and show girls
are jsut as equal as boys!!! ... Reader on the web, 3 April 2006
there is no way that a girl can play football especially in the Texas 5A district I mean they would get killed. Plus I have played football with a girl and its weird it feels like u have to go easy on them or something.their also very dramatic and they might hurt themselfs ... Brennan Deuel, 15 May 2006
I love Football I have loved it forever! But I can't play on the team. I am in 8th grade and I am 14 I think that I can make up my mind if I want to play!! But the school sead that they don't want me to get hert! Give me a break I love football I can thow better then all the boys in my gym class. The boys think that I am not good enoph but give me a team and a football and I will show you what I can do! Even my dad sead that I am really good at home I have my own football and half the boys at school don't. So why can't I play?!?!?! ... Stephanie Garnett, 18 October 2006
i am 13 years old and i love to play football but my school wont let firls try out for football. i am really disappointed that i cant try out. i have also been told a number of times that i am a great thrower and sometimes a good chatcher. i would love to start playing football ... Falysha Raymond, 19 October 2006
WOW, what a great artical, congrats! all of it is so true...personally i think boys and girls should be able to participate in whichever sport, whenever and with who! it would be fantastic to see one day, during prime time, on a prime television station, a male dominated sport being played by females and gettin gthe same amount of surport as male sports do today ... Brooke, 9 November 2006
i am a 16 yr old girl that plays rugby and wrestles, because im interested in it and enjoy contact sports, Iv only been playin for two years and was introduced to it through my highschool. I wasn't treated differently by my friends and have continuously practised with the boys rugby team and wrestled with guy in practise. Im not particulary gifed in athletics, but just do it for fun and to stay in shape, and society has changed to accept females in contact sports ... Reader on the web, 5 December 2006
hey ya i think its so ture what the girls wrote we should be aloud to play football caus im a female and i love to play football iv been playing since i was 5 im 16 now and i still play. no girls think about messing me with and well u get know know alot of guys and they are cool about me playing with them they love it one year i didnt play cuz i broke a arm and they missed me ... Lee-Anna, 6 February 2007
I agree with the first person because most girls are tough like boys! I want to play football but the coaches are against it! I also love wrestling to but thier is no teams and of course the coaches won't let me try out! Any ways I soooooo agree with u! P.S girls are just as tough as boys! ... Elizabeth, 10 April 2007
Hi i am a female,some people think tht football is a game for boys only but is not,i am an african i love playing football but here in Cameroon most dont play i often play with the boys so i get stronger ,y dad supports me but my mom dont even think of it so i am pleading with any one who reads this which can help in any way to jon my fellow girls play should just mail me please ... Taka gina lor, 21 July 2007
I am 18 years old, and am currently coaching an all boys hockey team. I have been playing hockey from the time i was 5 and couldn't be happier. Yes i was playing on a all boys team for 12 years, but i think that it made me better at the sport becasue, i was challenged. I loved playing the sport and made some amazing friend threw it. I tried playing for a girls team but i missed my "boys". yes they do get pissed when they realize a girl just knocked them on thier butt but on the other hand it gave me more confidence as a girl playing a boy sport! MUCH LOVE! ... Stephanie, 12 November 2007
Im 14 years old and love to wrestle!! when i say i want to wrestle with the school!! they told me no cause i was a girl!! theres a couple of wrestling teams in the town that i live in!! but my parents say the only way i can is if i wrestle with the sschool team!! if there are other schools that r like mine i think its bull that they wont let u!! im already one of the girls that most people look at like o dont mess wit her!! ive wrestled before but now that im older i cant wrestle wit the clubs! but i hope i have a chance wit sumthing!! ... Page Slater, 13 November 2007
I have played soccer fo rthe last 8 years of my life and girls have been on my teams for my whole soccer "career" i dont see the problem with girls on my team i also wrestle and do cross country on my cross country team my best friend is tougher than i am when it comes to a pace and this is my first year wrestling and last year there was a girl on our team that lost only one of her matches and i have lost all of mine so anyone has no right to say that girls arent as tought as the men. i'm only 12 years old and i have many friends that play way harder in many sports that i play i think girls can play any sport they want to ... Austin, 6 December 2007
I play footy for a club
I play footy for a club, im a girl , im 12.
I am in year 7, the coaches of the year 7 footy team
let me try out, so i did , they called my name out and
said i was in the team. the coach even said i was in the
top 5.
then a week later, last minute, they decide girls can't
play football !
how much does that suck ! i was really annoyed.
The school was meant to be non-sexist.
BULL.
hey i play hockey and i
hey i play hockey and i understand exactly what u mean. I love to play and in high school im afraid their not gonna let me play cause im a girl. I don't see y not im just as good as them. They won't even let me tryout!!!!!! Im gonna change that and girls and boys will be on the same team so that everyone can play what they want when they want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'am 13 a i play alsot every
I'am 13 a i play alsot every sports that boy play. I hang out with mostly my friends that are boys. I also hang with my friends that are a girls, but the don't care that i plays sports with the boys or hang with them even thow they are not good at sports. My Middle school have boy and girls sport team. girls are aloud to play on any boys team, they don't juge us because we are girls. My dream is to play High School Football And College Football and go pro one day. But i don't think High school and colleges let girls play but i will neaver give up my dream.
P.S Girls can be tought as boys too. !!!!!!!!!
im 15 im a sophmore and i
im 15 im a sophmore and i play highschool football...its rough..very rough..im first string quarterback....but i worked hard to get there...i lift weights...alot..more then 1/2 the guys and run 2 miles everyday...but college footballs teams arent going to want a girl on their team i gurantee you
Teams should be open to all. . .
Let's forget about gendered teams; there should be one-sport teams, and boys and girls should be allowed to play on them equally. Coed. None of this segregation.
I'm a 15 year old girl and i
I'm a 15 year old girl and i play guys hockey and yeah i get hurt sometimes but so does every other hockey player. I also play lacrosse with boys, and if a girl wants to play football they should be able to. Most girls are a lot stronger than they seem. I don't get hurt any easier than the guys and im barely over 5 feet tall. If any girl wants to play football or any other male dominated sport I encourage you to.
Some girls are tough enough
My next door neighbor was a muscular, athletic and tough girl. Up to 7th-8th grade she was stronger and tougher than any of the boys. She regularly beat all the boys at anything from armwrestling to tackle football to wrestling to fighting. Her parents always tried to stop her because "girls are too delicate for rough sports." They didn't look at her, they only looked at that stupid idea. The schools did the same thing. So the boys got lots of chances to compete and get better and my neighbor eventually had to give up and just be a girl. It was sad.
NOOOOO
FOOTBALL is a mans sport not a girls sport they should stick to their sports or stay on a all girls team wow!!!! men men men! they will get hurt to easily and like girls always say you cant hit a girl.. so what r we supposed to do!
Help!!!!
Hey, I think you are the greatest person on the web next to FRED because football is your fav. I always wanted to play football but my dad said , "I dont want my baby girl getting hurt"!!!! You know what!!! I dont care. I will find a way to play!!!
GIRLS & BOYS PLAYING TOGETHER
IF A GIRL WANTS TO PLAY WITH A BOY IN A SPORT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED BECAUSE THEY GOT ALL THE RIGHTS THAT A MALE HAS.BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT A MALE COULD PARTICIPATED IN A FEMALE SPORTS THAT WAY EVERY THING COULD STAY EVEN
I AM not put on any teams
I AM not put on any teams for sports well i am in softball, but i love football, hockey, and anything heavy hitting. I am not the greatest at these sports but i play them and I am very good a some poisitions and always practice on the ones i lack. I am going to get in to hockey. it really isn;t ever too late to want to be in such a thing i am 14 and starting to learn hockey.
i love to body check people, adn i am a prety sick goalie lol
I for awhile had boys always telling me I couldn't be good when I played football with them. But i proved them horribly wrong ^_^ lol
I know have the respect from my guy friends to play football and i even have one of my closest ones always asking me if I am going to play with them outside
At my high school we have a pretty nice outside feild they play everyday at luch.
I decided to not play this year since i am a freshman adn rather keep on my studies but i am gunning for next year
Just don wat you love and dont feel ashamed
You may feel shy and at times liek you don't belong but once you take up your posistion and feel that adrenaline then it won't matter ^_^
HOCKEY
I'm a girl that has played with boys on a hockey team since i was 5. I play very competitively and i am amazing at it. also i hang out with a lot of guys.
I LOVE the game
I LOVE the game football.....i have only 1 girl-friend but most of my friends are guys and i play every friday with them and my mom is very worried but, i am kinda stronger than them. I ALWAYS win ! : )
Girls don't a little rough game stop YOU from being TRUE! <3
p.s: Guys are always kinda scared of tacking girls so, you mite win with that advantage! : )
IM a girl and i play
IM a girl and i play football and its really fun and i grew up with all boys so im used of getting pushed and stuff like that...I just dont get why every one calls me a boy it sucks i was thinking about quitng but i didnt because was reading every ones comments and i got really happy. BUT every one says i have to lifes because i come home and i act like a girly girl and when im with the boys im not idk wat to do...... :)
can gilrs play baseball????
I think girls should be able to play baseball. I love to be active and play sports. Yeah i know that girls have softball which is a spin off of basedball. But what if you don't have a girls softball team for your age group?? i absolutly love softball but my girls asa (traveling softball team) broke up and they don't have a little league team for us.....:( What am i supposed to do but i want to play so bad can i play boys baseball.... i would risk everything just so i could playy....but parents are kinda iffy on the subject and i don't know if they completely agree but they will come around.. =)
I think it doesnt matter if
I think it doesnt matter if girls and guys are on the same team! i think that both girls and guys have the same athletic ability and should be able to play together!! guys arent better and stronger than girls and i know its not right for guys to hit girls but they need to get over it because its a SPORT! its not like their just sitting at home one day or hanging out and all the sudden a guy friend punches a girl NO its a sport and guys need to get over it!!
Girls can kick butt too!
Hey, my names Kristin and im a sofomore at IBHS. I play on a girls and boys soccer team! Some times i can be better then the boys and school them with the ball; but then theirs other times where guys dont really care if im a girl and charge me like im nothing. Yea it hurt getting knocked over by a big guy! (Last time i heard you shouldn't hurt girls on purposs!) but, if i choose to be on a team with boys and girls im in for it! Playing soccer with the guys toughed me up and perpared me for other guys! Given me support that im a girl and im getting pushed down and them yelling on the side lines telling me get up and get em back and etc. That support HELPS! I Think boys and girls should team up together!
The very thought of this is
The very thought of this is ridiculous, girls have their own hockey leagues so why do they have to play in a guys hockey leauge. If it is proper for a guy to open up a door for a girl and put them first then they should be playing rough sports with guys like hockey for example. Also im not saying that i am in any way interested but guys are not allowed to play in a ringette league so why should girls play in a guys hockey league. Can a guy play in a girls hockey league? Doubt it! You girls think you can do anything a guy can do but its not true, you just cant match the muscle mass of a male of your age. So get over yourselves and go back to cheerleading and moping the floor!
What???
"Go back to cheer leading and mopping the floor!" WTF do you think you are? Sexist!
I understand that some girls are not as strong as guys, but I am stronger than all of the boys in my class. You look at them and they look pretty strong, but when I go against them in PE, I am able to beat their asses. They see us as equals and therefore are very rough in PE, so it just shows me that I am stronger. No I am not as small as most girls because we do weight training, but it is pretty funny when a 15 year old girl is able to beat a 16 year old boy at military push-ups.
1. I hate cheer leading (no offense, hockey and lacrosse are more my thing.) and 2. what? do you think mopping is our job? Sexist. Stop Judging, LOSER!
Girls Water Polo
Girls can play water polo just as good as guys. We can tread water better and swim faster than a guy.
Ridiculous
Even in high school how is it fair that girls can play with guys and guys can play with girls? If girls were equal, then they wouldn't play on an 8-inch lower net in volleyball. I played volleyball and soccer through high school, but the simple fact is that women and men are not physically created equal. I'm sorry, but if I hit on a girls net I would seriously hurt every girl on the high school volleyball team. Even in soccer, we would scrimmage the girls varsity team and beat them five on eleven. Sure, there are some girls that are some nasty girls players out there that can hang with the guys of their respectable sport, depending on how good the guy's team is of that same sport, but if you are saying that men and women are equal then sure I'll go play with the girls volleyball team in my division 1 college now and be the best hitter in the country.
Unfairness?
I understand that girls CAN be equal to guys at sports in HIGH SCHOOL. But in the pros, they cannot come close.
I also don't get that all these girls are arguing that girls are just as good at sports and should be allowed to play guys sports, but why, then, can guys not play with the girls?
If you say that it's unfair to the girls on the team then you are contradicting yourself 100%. Think about it, girls on a guy team is fair, but guys on a girl team isn't? Why not? BECAUSE GUYS ARE MORE ATHLETIC!
I am not saying that some girls aren't as athletic as guys, but MOST aren't.
Girls who excell at their own sports shouldn't go to the guy leagues, they should find a higher level of competition, and play there.
Females in male domated sports
hi i am 13 years old and i was reading a lot on why it is not fair that some people...mostly the men and boys think that us girls should not belong on the boys team. I used to play boys hockey until i got turned from it comletly because my coach didn't think that girls could really play hockey as well as the boys.And his son was the same way.There were a couple of players on the team that thought that i wasn't good enough for their team and a couple of player made a decision that they wouldn't pass me the puck at all so I hardly ever got the puck as much as i had hoped. So a couple of years later i decided that I had enough and switched to girls league.I've been playing there in St.Johns for just over three years now and i am having a lot more fun cause even though i know that guys and girls should be labeled as "equal"..we have to face it cause we aren't. And when i play with girls team I don't feel like quitting because i'm gettting put down.I feel like striving to do better cause everyone is cheerring me on. And THAT is what hockey is all aboout."GIRLS RULE"
guys&woman should be on the same team
Hi I'm 14th years old I think guys& woman should play on the same team.God made us the same.
I love soccer!
hey, my name is Megan and I'm 13 and 1/2 years old. I agree that girls should be able to play whatever sport they want and not be judged about their gender! Girls are just as strong as boys! Some boys at my school saw me walk onto the soccer feild one day and asked me "what do you think your doing" and i said "Playing soccer, you got a problem with that?" anyways if you boys don't have the balls to play and/or get beaten by girls than you should go Sniff It!!! Girls rule too!!!
worth it??
Hey I’m madison. I’m a 16 year old and I’ve been playing on the boys baseball and soccer teams for about 6 years now. I grew up playing with girls, so when I switched because we didn’t have any girls teams for those sports at school, I noticed the difference right away. Its not that guys are better, they just have different ways of playing the game sometimes! Girls can be just as aggressive as guys though! My baseball team didn’t want to be shown up by ‘a girl’ so they pushed me hard. It took me a while to learn to play like them, so I wasn’t doing so great at first. They would play jokes, swing right at me, and make me look like I had no idea how to play. I finally cracked though, after the oldest guy on the team, and the team captain, duct taped a bright pink bra to my batting helmet. I wore it through the whole game just to prove I had the balls to take whatever they’d throw, and they left me alone after that. But really, girls, watch out. If you get too confident on an all guys team, especially if you’re older, like high school, guys get pissed. Off the fields, some guys don’t think they have to ‘respect their teammates’. One of the guys and I got in a fight after practice one day and I was hurt and couldn’t play for a couple weeks. He got suspended from the team for starting the fight and I was so scared of the whole team after that. They blamed me. Everything’s good now though. We are a great team. And anyone who thinks guys can’t do what girls can, BULLSH*T!
I am 15 years old and i play
I am 15 years old and i play hockey, people always tell me that im crazy..and when they dont know me they would never think that i love hockey and play it..
just because i act like a girl doesnt mean i act like a girl on the ice..lol..
i love playing and i really want to play on a coed team..everyone thinks i cant do it, but i want a challenge..i wish that a lot of people wouldnt think that you cant do something just because your a girl..
I THINK THAT GIRLS SHOULD
I THINK THAT GIRLS SHOULD GET TO PLAY FOOTBALL BECAUSE SOME GIRLS ARE STRONGER THAN GUYS I HAVE A LOT OF GUY FRIENDS AND IM PRETTY PREPPY BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CANT PLAY FOOTBALL I PLAY WITH ALL MY GUY FRIENDS ALL THE TIME AND SOMETIMES THEY FIGHT OVER WHO'S TEAM I AM GONNA BE ON BECAUSE IM REALLY GOOD AND OF COURSE THEY STILL TACKLE ME AND EVERYTHING...SO ANY GIRL THAT WANTS TO PLAY FOOTBALL SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO.
hey it's me again Courtney.
hey it's me again Courtney. i really need your opponions on this whole thing for my speech.
thanks for your help! btw thomas i agree with you, i think we should have a boy and girl volleyball team. i mean we all work together in the classrooms, why not on the field?!
so, i'm 17 and i strongly
so, i'm 17 and i strongly feel that men should be able to girl sports and girls can do male spots. i'm a boy and i do cologuard witch is considered a females sport but there are alot of guys who do this and i belive it makes it more entertaning to watch. as well as girls plaing football or doing other guy sports
Should girls be able to play on boys sports teams, YES!!!
hi, i'm courtney im 15 and im a sophomore in an illinois school. I have to do a persuasive speech for speech class and i handed out a survey asking the students if they think girls should be allowed to play on boys football and wrestling teams. Most of them (boys and girls) say that girls should not be allowed to wrestle with boys but they should be allowed to play football! Is there really a big difference between football and wrestling?! Most of the students also said that girls should be treated like a boy to an extent. Some girls said that they wouldn't want to wrestle with boys. I understand that but we should atleast have a right to choose! We have a powderpuff team (girls football team) but it is completely different from the boys team. We have 2 games where the seniors play the freshmen and the sophomores play the juniors and the winners from those games face off. Plus the boy football players coach the girls! I always go to the girls football game since we only have one and not many people show up. So what do you guys think??
they let girls play whatever
they let girls play whatever they want it not fair !!!!!!!!!!!
wow
alright listen people!! this is absolutely ridiculous....girls can not play with the guys. in some sports that are jus girls yea but not with alll the guys. it is a proven scientific fact that girls do not have as much testosterone than guys and are not as strong or as physical. they might want to be but it will never happen. if i saw a girl across from me on the football field i would first laugh and then i wud put her right on her butt. and not feel bad about it. i have had a girl play against me in sports....she thought she cud handle it too!!
untill of course we made her look like the little girl that she really wuz!!! GIRLS CANNOT PLAY FOOTBALL......BOTTOM LINE!!!
I hate this
I hate how boys believe that girls cant play male sports. I'm getting really sick of this and i agree that females should play on male teams because they should be able to express how good they are in that sport. For instance my friend Monica she playes soccer and shes on of the best players i know. Even better than me. So boys and girls should just learn to get along with sports....
Girls Playing Hockey With Guys
I'm a 14 year old Canadian girl, and I play on a Midget boys team (15,16,17 yrs old) and I am "surviving" the "fatal for girls" team, for every person who thinks girls can't do sports with guys is because they are scared of girls, they are scared of the the chance of being knocked over by a girl therefore "ruining" their manhood. I debated this with my class last week, one guy said the so very original "boys are stronger then girls" sentence, I was so very discourged by him, specially when he's a skinny tall thing. Anyway, just because I am girl, it doesn't make me worse than a guy. Most guys don't even see me as a girl I'm just "one of the team". I have no problem with a non gender based system, so instead of a girls team and a boys team, it shoud be a "b" and "a" team. I'm happy that there's a girls hockey league but I just personally prefer playing with guys. But don't get me wrong, the girl's "BB" and "AA" team are very good.
male are cool
it is my belaive that girl do not have the talant or the body matueraty to play on males sports teams because they are ruff and the girls will get huert to easylay so i say no to gilr playing on girls sports tems
sports!!
Wow you guys are really stupid!! who says a girl isnt as tough as a guy. ya so guys are normally more into sports than girls but who says that girls cant play sports? heck! if i wanted to play football i could do it i would not care if a guy nocked me to the ground a thousand times! i would get right back up and try again! and also! about the wgole guys cant hit a girl thing! guys come on get over yourselves!! stop using excuses on why you cant hit us! all it does is make us think your are to weak to embarrass yourself! If you are so strong why dont you stop the smack talk and get up and prove it! cause i dont beleive you!!! Yall are so lame! any guy that says he cant hit6 a girl is just stupid!! If a girl hits you are you just going to stand there and let the girl hit you??? no!!! get up and hit her back!! if a girl hits you! she deserves to get it right back! if your playing sports against a girl do me a favor and dont freakin hold back thats what a girl hates the most is a guy that holds back! If you havent cought on by now i am a veryyyyyy competative girl and nothing ticks me off more than guys that talk smack about girls!! and when a guys holds back against a girl! come on for real if we didnt want competition or some one to play hard and attempt to beat us do you think we would really be there???!!!?! no!!!!!! i dont think so!!!!!! we are there to play!! dont hold back!!!! theres nothing i find more unattractivein a guy, than a guy that holds back because he is up against a girl! it makes you look so week!!!!! and btw for any guy that agrees with me and thinks girls should be able to play with the guys and have the same equal chance.....well you are amaziung!!! that is so awesome to have a guy on our side! well gtg just thought you should here my side!! laters!!!!!
ur so rite
im w/ on this one! when i wuz little my brother wuz in baseball so when he practiced i would practice w/ him and i luved it! so in about 3rd grade i played softball and it was so stupid because half the girls didnt want 2 b there and most of the rest didnt play their hardest, so the next year i played it again to c if it was any better..... NOPE it wuz worse! the next year was the same and the next year, so i was goin 2 make a fall softball team of only girls that i knew were good and liked the game and gave 110 percent but i only got 7 ppl so i asked my parents if i could play fall baseball w/ the guys and they said they didnt want me to because it would be to rough on me and stuff lik tht but i dont think so and i also think it would help me bat better because they pitch faster! so now im screwed unless they magically change thier minds! soooo stupid btw im 12 almost 13 and im 5 ft 6in and slim but muscular, i mean cummon iznt tht lik the perfect size 4 sports? tall, muscular, athletic, and im not really a wuss i can take being hit w/ a baseball or a guy getting a little rough! txtr. call, e-mail, IM, wutevr but i lik ur attitude! lol
GO GIRLS
I just do not understand why people do that
There's nothing worse than
There's nothing worse than pushy parents trying to live their dreams through their children. Try track and field - that way you can be part of a team and still be yourself.
i'm 11 year old girl and i want to play football
i would love to play football ,but my mom doesn't want me to get hurt! My dads all for it.
Coed water polo
Our son plays water polo. He is 14. His teammates weren't prepared for the disaster that they met when they player a coed water polo team. The team mostly stocked with girls beat them 15 to 5. The girls seemed to score most of the goals and the goalkeeper for our squad was almost helpless.
A lot of the times, the girls were more masterful in making our boys cough up the ball. They could tread and swim faster. Our boys commented that they could not even cheat since unlike the boys bathing costumes, the girls suits were fast and almost impossible to grab onto.
At the end of the tournament though one of the girls came up to our son Philip and said he played well and she blew him a kiss.
Girls and Boys Waterpolo
We play water polo and we play a lot of guys teams and we can often win. Guys shold not take it hard cuz a lot of girls swim better than them. Our coach says swimming is easier for girls to learn and we can do as good as the guys.
My son is 13
My son is 13 and wished to play volley ball. He was told he could not play vollyball because in Iowa there is a law that only girls can play boys sports, but boys can not (by law) play girls sports. We thought this was insane and that someone was making this up. They weren't. I do not understand all of the legal aspects, but it was hard to tell my son that yes, even though his classmate Kailey ( a girl) was playing on the football team, My son could not play on the vollyball team. I think this law is unjust. Some women are just as strong as men. The law was inaccted so the girls teams would not have overpowering men on their teams for an addvantage. Does this law mean that they think women are so weak, that we can not give the mens teams advantages from us?
I guess the main point I am trying to make, is that no matter how you look at this law, it is unfair and needs to be changed. Girls can get into boys scouts, but the boys can not get into girl scouts. I am upset that my son can not play a game that he really enjoys. No, they do not have boys vollyball teams in Iowa.
guys can play volley ball
guys can play volley ball they do in our school and we live in iowa there really good to .
Hockey.
my parents tried to get me into hockey before i could skate, and i couldn't do it. they put me through three years of toture in figure skating before i could play again. i started late, around nine years old. but i love it, it's my greatest passion. my first year i played on a boys team, that was nice, ecspecially when you show them up. (; after that, my dad made me switch to girls, at first i hated it, i didn't consider it real hockey. a lot of people think it's not as hard, or challanging. but go watch a aaa travel, or mid west elite team, and it really is just as good as boys. i'm happy that i am so privliged to play such a great sport, even though it's not traditional for women.
Stop discussing this fake
Stop discussing this fake matters! you all who are saying that girls can play well than/with boys want to confirm that you didn't have real boy/man in your country so you need the real one; a real guy who never gets beaten by girl/girls. You also says that the people living in your country have lost the ability to give birth to real boys/man. You all are insulting your own country, parents and relatives.
excuse me ima a girl who
excuse me ima a girl who mede it 2 champz once and ima do it again
Boys and Girls in Swimming
I was 8 when I learned to swim. All of my swim classmates were girls since the only swimming classes in my town were run by the Girl Guides. Most of the girls were taller and faster swimmers than me. When it came to water games I even learned to do some simple synchro figures. We would be given games where we would dive for coins. Only one difference, the girls were allowed to stuff the coins and candies in their swimsuits where as I was given a small nylon sack to salvage my loot on the bottom of the poo. There again I found a lot of the girls better swimmers and athletes than I was. Boys shouldn't sweat it.
And boys should also acknowledge that girls can be better at sports. When you lose a swimming race to a girl who is more talented, it is just that talent and ability. I am amazed now at swim meets the greater number of girls who can better boys times even at the older age ranges.
girls playing football
that is a good joke girls cant play football and you all know it you would get rocked and then the guys would feel bad for merking you
Ok,.....u listen here
Ok,.....u listen here buddy....GIRLS CAN PLAY FOOTBALL!!! I have played and guys think i am pretty good. I am not preppy..i can go contest all the guys and even if i get hit i stand right back up agaian and dont say a word. girls are as strong as or even sometimes stronger and tougher than guys
i cracked a grl in a
i cracked a grl in a football game and she didnt get up i thought she was hurt thats y grls shouldnt play but it your choice so if u want to get hurt it up to u
so
if the girl knows she can why is it such a big deal to boys if a girls on thier team. if all they know the girl is better and stronger than half the boys on his team. take me for an example i'm the quarter back on a all guy team and one of the best players on my whole team. So i think boys should just be a man and deal with fact that some girls may be better than the boys.
oh no you did NOT!!!
no!!! girls can TOATALLY play football! they can do anything that boys can do. UM
two words: POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL! geez...
TKD
Girls can do alote but most cant do what i do... and thats tkd wtf sparring fulll contact kicking eachother face body etc... i get discouraged cause when i fight a girl i have to pull my kicks so i wont hurt them
wanna bet
girls can do anything that guys do sure guys may be better at some sports but girls are better at some to im a 14 year old girl and i play b ball and my team is undefeted and the rest of the b ball teams have not won one game so what does that prove
sports
I have been playing sports with the guys every since I was little, and I always beat them. People used to always tell me to just let the guy win because they don't like it when a girl beats them. Well, I always play my hardest because I want to prove that I am just as good as them if not better. I have played many sports with guys, and all the guys really seemed to enjoy playing with me, even if I were to beat them. I don't think they really care, just as long as you play your hardest and prove to them you can do it. Don't just let them win or just stand there, because anyone can play sports. It is an awesome feeling to know that you played with they guys and you're one of the top best players; better than most of the males. A lot of sports really don't have as much to do with strength as they do with skill, and anyone can have skill. So, all that talk about girls not being strong enough to play with the guys is not right. Of course guys can get a little rowdy at times and play extremely tough, but girls can do the same back. It is unlikely that you will get hurt unless you just stand there and let them tromple all over you. If you play your hardest too, and do get hurt, it's alright. It's not like guys don't get hurt. But, competition feels good, especially when you know you played your hardest and proved yourself to others.
I love football!!!!!!!
Ya so last year I was in 6th grade and I tould the football couch that I was going to play for him next year. He laughed at me and then he found out that I was serious. And told me girls will NEVER be able to play football and all this other CRAP. trashed him to every1 and hated him all the rest of the year.But I totally encourage a girls to play football and get out there with the guys and so them wat God has given you which hopefully is pure talent.
oh yea!
Ok i totally think this is so true and that boys are just complete morons and all but i need some negativity because im doing a debat and my teach decided that i have to be negative so if you guys cud help me out that would be awsome! thank much love and keep it up
-Kick_ass_canadian!
Yes we should be able to play.
I think girls should be able to play with boys because everything really depends like everything it depends. Some girls are very athletic and some aren't. same goes for guys.Some like to play video games and some play sports. I think you should have to try out to play on a boys/girls team.Also the fact some people feel more comfterable around people their own gender so you should be able to have the choice of a boys or girls team.
I have a 7 year old cousin that use to play hockey on a all boys team so yes she was the only girl on the team. She was very good.. but she quit. She didn't want to play on a all boys team because she was teased. She is 7 years old. A seven year old girl shouldn't have to quit something she liked cause other little boys didn't like having a little girl on the team. At such a young age kids shouldn't be taught that boys and girls shouldn't be on the same team because when they get older they will learn it is okay to have more then one gender on a single team.
girls shouldn't be able to
girls shouldn't be able to play with us men. they'll get their heads taken off easily. I am 14 and I play hockey and lacrosse and if girls played, THEY WOULD DIE!!! GO MEN!!
yah right
i am a girl and i play hockey and im better than most guys and i can beat up anyone in my school so i wouldnt be talking if i were u.
WOWWWW
By saying wat u said bout girls being fragile generically, it just shows how sexist u r. I'm goin out for the wrestling team and i'm a girl. A bunch of guys are joining just to beat me up and others just want to see me fail. Some like u think i CAN'T. Just to let u kno it's people like u that fuel girls like me to keep going so thanks.
P.S I'm one of the best on the team :)
your comment
i play football on the boys team at my middle school, it's a boys team but me and two other girls are on it. and i think that anything a guy can do a girl can do....so i dont know what your talkign about. what ever you can think what you want to, but i am better than half the guys on my team. GIRLS CAN DO EVERYTHING GUYS CAN DO...AND POSSIBLE BETTER!!!! ♥♥ilovefootball♥♥
WTF (I LOVE SCUTTLE BY THE WAY)
OKAY look people! girls CAN play on boys teams! I know of soo many other girls who play WAY better than the boys! It's a free country, you know!
I also think the boys can play on girl teams too! We are all equal! No gender is better than the other gender. We should treat each other equally. So don't laugh at a girl who plays a "boy" sport, and dont laugh at guys playing a "girl" sport. Did you guys know that football players take ballet? Oh and Brennan Deuel? Girls CAN play football. so next time, don't go easy on a girl.
peace
if we are all so equal then
if we are all so equal then why dont we put the men and women together in the swimming and running races in the olympics and see who will win
Go girls
Hey girls,
I aggree with everything Ya'll have said. I have been playing soccer for 11 years and am kind of getting burned out in a way. I am an allstar athlete ,and wanted to try playing Lacrosse ,however I found out that girls aren't allowed to play a contact version of the sport. Come on what's up with that God says that all men and women were created equally ,so why can't we equally be treated no matter what sports we play. I read this article about this one girl who had been playing Lacrosse for a boys team for two years but all of a sudden she might not be able to play for her high school boys team. In case ya'll didn't know it is ilegally to discriminate a person by their gender.
I am 14 and would love it if girls could play any sport they same way guys do and not treated differently for it.
hi i am a 14 year old girl
hi i am a 14 year old girl and i think girls and boys should be able to play on each others teams! i dont see what the problem is! some guys think we would get hurt but its are own choice!! and no, you dont have to go easy on us!! most of us are just as strong as you!!!! some are stronger!!!
cheerleader
hi i am 14 years old and i am in 9th grade in high school last year we had a male cheerleader here named Randy he was no doubt the best on the squad he had the best jumps, the sharpest motions, and the most spirit not only was he criticized by other guys but even by the other girls on the team because they were jealous he graduated last year but still comes to our games and watches us and still has the same enthusiasm even though he isnt cheering on the field with us.
Go Girl Go
Hey you sound just like me!!!!!i would Go on and never give up, guys hate to be second best to anybody so ofcourse they hate the idea of you playing as good or for that matter better than them. Keep going they will have to accept. Guess what I played cricket during my school days and i was the wicket keeper!!!!! my friends( boys) said that i used to let go of all the catches behind the wicket because i was too delicate and bothered about my finger nails breaking!!!! well that was just them trying me , i enjoyed every moment of my game and later when i was in college i did reperesent the university, you see i just got tougher.so Maya do what you are doing and do it well.
Girls have rights
i'm a 9 year old and i'm in fourth grade. i have a belt in kung-fu and i like playing cricket with the boys in my class. i am the only girl who plays with them. they exclude me and even though i score many runs and bowl the boys out they act like i'm an idiot. they never throw to me. as much as i tell them to shut up and accept that i am a good player, they take the score as a big joke. i think that they are just afraid of playing with a girl. if you are a girl, dont let boys get on your nerves. just play!
does it mater
hi i am 13 years old and i think it does not matter what sport u play like my step brother wont's 2 be a cheerleader and play volleyball like me so go 4 it and play what every sport
i have no problem with a
i have no problem with a girl on a guys team but how come guys cant play on girls teams
girls rule!!!
i am in 8th grade and i'm going to try out for my hight school team next year but a lot of people think that i can't play all because i'm a girl. i took the year off so i can get better for next year. my dad i coaching a high school team and he is letting me skact with them. some of the highschoolers are comeing over to work out and right with them i'm happy that i get to play but its hard to not hear the other people saying that i cann't
Girls on guy teams
I do tae kwon do and i am a black belt in it, but i have to spar girl and usually i overpower them... thumbs down to girl fighting guys on the tkd side... im tirred of pulling my kick or no head contact
soccer
Instead of playing with my high school girls soccer team I wanted a different demanding and "toughening up" enviroment so I went and practiced with the neighboring high school varsitys boys soccer team program. I have never gotten so much development in so little time. Yes, they were out to kill me for months and many of them hate my guts because I beat on them but it has made me so much stronger in soccer. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made
i think............
i think girls and guys r all around equal. we should be able to do the same things and everyone not judge us girls. exspecailly the parents saying the girls are bringing the guys down. i think we r all equal and that is the way we should play sports 2 gether!!
Girlz rock!!
I think that girls should be equal to guys. I'm in 8th grade and am looking 4 a highschool. So far I've found out that some of the highschools that r in my area will let me play foot ball. And I am soooooo excited to try out next year. I hang out with mostly guys and me and my friend want 2 try out 4 football next year, and hopefully we'll make it. Rite now I do Taekwondo and luv to spar, which is full contact. And I'm just as tough (or tougher) than the guys, so that's y I want 2 play football. I used 2 practice with my brother when he played football, but he wuzn't as good as me ;-)
Girlz r strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!
girls should be able to play hockey
I am 13 and i play on a boys hockey team last year i was on a travle team and i made capton some of the parent told me that i should go and do something bett than hockey like chess i hatted that i stell play butt its really hard not to lestion to all the people
Why do you guys think that
Why do you guys think that men don't want to play with the women?
Girls should be able to pla
Girls should be able to pla on sports teams and not be jduged.I know a lot of girls who pla on teams and they are way better than he boys *cough katie and rachel*
Girls should be allowed to do what they want!
I think girls should play on any sport team I'm only a 13 year old male and if I were to vote that if a girl can play on a boy's team That would be a YES!!:)
you are so right
you are so right i think girls should be able to play sports any type and it should not matter
Girls are the same as guys
I'm 13 years old, i think that boys and girls are the same. and girls have all the rigths to play football. soem boys at my school might be sfrid to hit a girl during the football game but, the couch said: Is she wareing the uniform, then act like she is another guy and play the game. that really is the good thing to say.
BULL.
i am a girl who plays on all boy hockey teams and i love it. i think its fair that i can considering i am the captain. i play on 6 different boys teams including high school.
hockey
hey cool i play hockey too i have been playing on boys team ever senct i was 5
hockey
i am righting a paper about how girls should be able to play what ever they want and i would really like to talk you some day
Hockey
I am also a girl and i have played on a guys team since i was 4 and played on a guys team all the way through high school and i am currently in college pursuing to play on our womens varsity team. i could not get a scout to come and watch me play since i was on a boys team so it wasn't easy getting in with the team.i hope your paper goes well i am currently writing a paper on "Females in Male Dominated Sports" good luck.
I am a 14 year old boy.I
I am a 14 year old boy.I play sports and i mostly get beaten by girls.So if girls have an interest in sports let them play!They are people too
Rock on!
Dude, if only all guys could be so open-minded. I am thirteen years old, and I'm just as good as any of the guys on the football team at my high school, and yet the coach won't even let me try out. One way or another, I'll be on that team by the end of the year. Just like if a guy wants to be a cheerleader, so be it. Girls are just as tough as guys. (not to rub that whole sucking at sports thing in.:) )
GOOD FOR YOU! thats the kind
GOOD FOR YOU! thats the kind of guys we need to have in the world! (:
Girls and boys should be
Girls and boys should be able to play and do what ever they want!! We are all people. and plus its a free country so anyone can do what ever they want!!! just because boys think they are better than us doesnt mean its true!!! i am better at things than most boys!!! and so are all of my friends!!
football
i agree i could beat most of the boys in my school but the coaches and my dad are against it they say i will get hurt. i play lacrosse, soccer and i cheerlead and i get hurt in all of those sports so football wouldnt be any different.
Im a 15 year old boy and i dissagree
i dissagree with having a girl/woman play in a male sport because they can be really hurt if they get into a hard play with a male player
I LOVE TO PLAY ON THE BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM!!!
i think it is rally cool that you want to play football and i totally agree that you should. i a girl am on the boys football team. i was really scared when i started and i got hurt alot but i really liked it..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Football
i agree i have always wanted to play sports and i grew up around guys getting tackled by my dad is worse then getting tackled by a boy and my dad and school always say ill get hurt but wats worse than that!!!!!!!
I know! seriously!
I know! seriously!
Post new comment