How should I feel about women wrestling in high school???

[a kennedy]

[Lunabell]

1. What?

How can anyone tell you how to feel about something? That's not how it works.

[a kennedy]

4. Right, and I guess then I don't like it.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. How should I feel about someone asking that question?

[a kennedy]

5. *shrug* don't know how you should feel, I don't like it.

[LakeArenal]

3. Unless it's you. None of your business.

[a kennedy]

6. Ok.

[Srkdqltr]

7. Wrestling who? Guys? Other girls? As a sport or just in general around the school? Are you a student

Teacher, parent or just someone who would like to watch?? Need more information .

[a kennedy]

8. Sorry, high school girls are now wrestling other high school girls, and I'm just a viewer of local

sports, and it’s just now been introduced as a sport in girls high school sports.

[Srkdqltr]

9. Good for them. Sports are good for girls and guys, keeps them busy.

Girls/women can do any thing they want to.

[a kennedy]

12. I would just like women or young women could find a sport just for them, and not a copy of

boys and men sports. Ya know a sport that wasn’t started for guys and men. JMHO. Although that double Dutch jumping rope sport is pretty much dominated by young women. Love that.

[Srkdqltr]

13. Geeezzzz

[we can do it]

20. Are you serious?

[True Dough]

18. Just now introduced as a sport?

I remember girls high school wrestling about 25 years ago in a few areas near where I lived at the time. I don't know for sure all these years later, but I don't believe any of those girls turned out to be serial killers. They are probably well-adjusted despite all that time on the mats.

What always concerns me, however, is men coaching high school girls teams. I'm sure 90% of those men are honest, upstanding citizens with no ill-intent. But we've heard so many stories of volleyball coaches, and gymnastics coaches, and basketball coaches and so on sexually exploiting their young female players. Wrestling, with its physicality, strikes me as a very vulnerable space for the young ladies with "handsy" male coach.

So should men not be allowed to coach high school girls sports? Of course they should! But I think at least one woman should be present during all practices and games to ensure there's no funny stuff taking place, or at least limit the opportunity.

[70sEraVet]

10. 'Twister' would be a better sport for high school students than wrestling.

(You remember that game, with the big plastic mat with different colored circles?)
Less belicose.

[enough]

14. What?

[MomInTheCrowd]

15. This is the dumbest post I've ever seen on DU

[a kennedy]

17. and thank you for coming to DU, oh, and for your opinion.

[Rebl2]

16. I hate boys

wrestling in high school, so I would feel the same thing as high school girls wrestling. I hate wrestling men or women.

[madinmaryland]

19. This is a bizarre thread. I don't think I have anything to add to it, unless cboy4 has hacked...

Your account.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. It's a sport. Probably safer than football, soccer, field hockey, ...

Builds strength and cardio.

What's not to like?

[MuseRider]

22. If there are enough girls who want to wrestle

then I think we should support them. Why not? I would think it is healthy for their bodies to build the strength it takes to do this. I am not a fan of it myself, my brother used to wrestle and I really did not like having to watch but I would have never tried to stop him either.

That is my feeling but you have to do your own.