Should Girls Play On Boys'sports Teams?
Should girls play on boys’ sports teams?
Though it is a saddening occurrence, male dominance is ubiquitous in our present world. You can see it everywhere, from male presidents to male actors. It is something that has been happening for centuries. But why? Who decided men were superior to women? Who denied women the right to vote, stopped them from finishing school and instead of have children? The men. They made it disgraceful, unthinkable to defy male authority. If a woman wanted to become a lawyer, a doctor, she was sneered at. Her daring dreams. Gone. The second her husband, or her male friends told her she was a fool. That disconcerting past unfortunately influenced people today. Although women’s rights …show more content…
have changed drastically, male prejudice is still there. For example, Some men make it a point to demean women just because of their gender. They make dirty jokes that disgust women, or they constantly harass them about they way they look, telling them to “show more skin” or “to lose some of that weight”. Is this what we have become? Misogynistic individuals who make it their goal to let women be lured into fulfilling the male gaze? This is the reason why we need to teach our kids earlier that women deserve to participate in activities with men, and that they should never be denied the right to play with their classmates, friends, no matter their gender.
Speaking of misogyny, this is a problem that can be addressed early in someone's life. How? By teaching our kids to be open minded. This means that
It is, in its way, discrimination.
The boys teams are themselves nations, and the girls are being oppressed. We are denying the girls the right to play alongside their male counterparts. We are stopping them from being part of a nation, a part of a unified team. The thing is, we as a society have changed. We are less prejudicial, less biased toward women. We, well, the most of us, now see women as equals. We see them as strong, driven people who deserve the same chance as men. We see them as cardiologists, prosecutors, Navies, and many others. We cannot objectify them and see them as delicate, fragile beings who fit right into society’s expectation of them; giggly, submissive women who talk about boys all day long and who have no interest in school, let alone sports. As for the legal aspect of this argument, Article 10 of the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms proclaims that Every person has a right to full and equal recognition and exercise of his human rights and freedoms, without distinction, exclusion or preference based on race, color,and sex, among other things. Discrimination exists where such a distinction, exclusion or preference has the effect of ignoring such right.Segregating the boy’s and girls teams are a distinction, so dividing them is a violation of the law. It is an exclusion based on gender. It is a differentiation between men. We put in place these laws for this very reason: that no one be excluded.
We
Speaking of how we as a society have changed, we still have to ask ourselves, how can we still argue that women are “less equipped than men”? This argument is a futile attempt to degrade women. Women these days come from different shapes and sizes, all beautiful. Girls are tall. Girls are small. So are boys. These two sexes are both equal in value and dignity. Arguing this is contemptible, as it is the sole act of judging a book by its cover. You judge a girl’s ability merely based on the fact of her sex. In fact, according to Robert Blum, director of the Global Early Adolescent Study, he found that children (age 10-14 year olds)from low-income families in various different countries from the most conservative to the most liberal societies, quickly internalize the myth that girls are vulnerable and boys are strong and independent. This debilitating mindset of so many young girls is so disheartening because they perceive people of the world with these thoughts.
In conclusion, we can do better, as a progressive society, to help kids to be unafraid and welcoming of others and their differences. We would be inspiring kids of the future to help them become proud citizens of a diverse and accepting world.
Though it is a saddening occurrence, male dominance is ubiquitous in our present world. You can see it everywhere, from male presidents to male actors. It is something that has been happening for centuries. But why? Who decided men were superior to women? Who denied women the right to vote, stopped them from finishing school and instead of have children? The men. They made it disgraceful, unthinkable to defy male authority. If a woman wanted to become a lawyer, a doctor, she was sneered at. Her daring dreams. Gone. The second her husband, or her male friends told her she was a fool. That disconcerting past unfortunately influenced people today. Although women’s rights …show more content…
have changed drastically, male prejudice is still there. For example, Some men make it a point to demean women just because of their gender. They make dirty jokes that disgust women, or they constantly harass them about they way they look, telling them to “show more skin” or “to lose some of that weight”. Is this what we have become? Misogynistic individuals who make it their goal to let women be lured into fulfilling the male gaze? This is the reason why we need to teach our kids earlier that women deserve to participate in activities with men, and that they should never be denied the right to play with their classmates, friends, no matter their gender.
Speaking of misogyny, this is a problem that can be addressed early in someone's life. How? By teaching our kids to be open minded. This means that
It is, in its way, discrimination.
The boys teams are themselves nations, and the girls are being oppressed. We are denying the girls the right to play alongside their male counterparts. We are stopping them from being part of a nation, a part of a unified team. The thing is, we as a society have changed. We are less prejudicial, less biased toward women. We, well, the most of us, now see women as equals. We see them as strong, driven people who deserve the same chance as men. We see them as cardiologists, prosecutors, Navies, and many others. We cannot objectify them and see them as delicate, fragile beings who fit right into society’s expectation of them; giggly, submissive women who talk about boys all day long and who have no interest in school, let alone sports. As for the legal aspect of this argument, Article 10 of the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms proclaims that Every person has a right to full and equal recognition and exercise of his human rights and freedoms, without distinction, exclusion or preference based on race, color,and sex, among other things. Discrimination exists where such a distinction, exclusion or preference has the effect of ignoring such right.Segregating the boy’s and girls teams are a distinction, so dividing them is a violation of the law. It is an exclusion based on gender. It is a differentiation between men. We put in place these laws for this very reason: that no one be excluded.
We
Speaking of how we as a society have changed, we still have to ask ourselves, how can we still argue that women are “less equipped than men”? This argument is a futile attempt to degrade women. Women these days come from different shapes and sizes, all beautiful. Girls are tall. Girls are small. So are boys. These two sexes are both equal in value and dignity. Arguing this is contemptible, as it is the sole act of judging a book by its cover. You judge a girl’s ability merely based on the fact of her sex. In fact, according to Robert Blum, director of the Global Early Adolescent Study, he found that children (age 10-14 year olds)from low-income families in various different countries from the most conservative to the most liberal societies, quickly internalize the myth that girls are vulnerable and boys are strong and independent. This debilitating mindset of so many young girls is so disheartening because they perceive people of the world with these thoughts.
In conclusion, we can do better, as a progressive society, to help kids to be unafraid and welcoming of others and their differences. We would be inspiring kids of the future to help them become proud citizens of a diverse and accepting world.