Is it too harsh for me to assume that a school that would allow girls to wrestle competititely while hundreds watch might not respect my little daughter when they promise to educate her?
Perhaps they don't have a choice when a girl from their district wants to wrestle? Do they have to provide her a wrestling suit (and a little undershirt to wear under it) and the weight room or a jump rope (oh, wait, that's boxing, but maybe that is next) ? But perhaps there is someone in the district who might stand up and demand some respect for humanity, for a girl's reputation, innocence, much less for the respect of young girls in general.
I tried to ignore the fact that Minnesota has allowed girls to wrestle for quite a few years now. I even tried to ignore the front page article on the newspaper in our mailbox. I'm not sure the sick feeling in my stomach will ever go away.
I guess that makes the school decision a bit easier. Check this one off the list hands down.
Without question.
Right now I'm rather ashamed to call this town my new address. And here I thought our old town had a seedy reputation. At least that was long ago back in Prohibition Days when they had the reputation as only "wet" rail stop in the three state area.
Lest you conclude I've become a bitter old prude in need of something strong to drink, here's what John Piper says about it.
2 comments:
whoa, didn't know about this. that John Piper knows what he's talking about, though. he's got some really good points that are very true. and yep, wrestling is a full contact sport, body on body, doesn't get much closer. Piper is right about the boys dreaming about it later, the spectator and the participant.
Amen to that. Shame on the parents of these girls for allowing them to compete also. We have gone too far with women's lib.
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