Arguments Against Female Rugby

A violent, masculine, contact sport that originated in England, and became one of the most popular games known over the years, is the definition that most people associated with rugby when it was first introduced. Therefore, not many people thought rugby would ever be a sport for women, but as usual women did not take no for an answer. In 1881, the women’s rugby union was created and people witnessed the first female rugby game in Ireland. Then, in 1998, countries and federations finally accepted the idea of female rugby players and acceptance for the game started to flourish. It took various societies more than a whole century to start accepting the concept of women participating in a “violent contact” sport. However, some people still do
This statement should not even be considered as an argument against women playing rugby because it is a hasty generalization, that has no concrete basis. Nevertheless, people in the middle east never stop trying to enforce that statement on women. They hide behind the statement instead of facing the logical side of the issue, that there is nothing that makes women fragile. Women have been proven to be tough in many situations over history, they have replaced their husbands in everyday roles many times and faced all the “harsh” conditions that their husbands have faced. Moreover, even if women were fragile human beings they should still have freedom in participating in contact sports, like rugby, without interference from anyone
However, this is not a scientifically proven fact, it has actually been scientifically discredited many times over the years. The same scientific research performed by Brian Dalton, professor of neurophysiology, proved that women had higher stamina than men(Smith, 2017). The study revealed that after a series of exercises men were more worn out than women. This study should serve as proof to those who live in the middle east and are against women participating in contact sports. The study supports the claim that women do not have lower stamina than men, therefore they will be able to complete rugby