Why The Sport Should Not Be Coed

Sport teams should not be coed because coed sports cause discomfort on teams and more injures depending on the size and structure of the opposite gender. The first reason why sports shouldn’t be coed is because it causes discomfort among both genders. “Boys and girls might be more comfortable playing sports with the same sex. Boys might fear being too aggressive with girls on the playing field. From a social perspective, they might fear failing in front of girls who they like socially. Girls, on the other hand, might be more timid when playing with boys, which might inhibit their athletic skills. They might feel more supported by an all-girls team than a coed one” (Barbie Carpenter, p. 1). According to Debate.org, “To have men-only and women-only
The problem with contact sports being coed is that men have essentially been conditioned to not hit women. We believe it is wrong to do so and that much is true. The point is, men just don't feel comfortable having women in THEIR leagues (for that reason). For example, we have a girl on our hockey team. Due to the lack of high school women's teams, girls have to play with us. Whenever she gets the puck in a game, none of the guys on the other teams want to touch her, they just wait for her to mess up and then take it from her. In a women's only game, a woman would be able to enjoy all aspects of the game, without men letting her win, or trying to avoid her. When they invade men's teams, they just take away the intensity of the sport” (Debate.org, pg. 1). Given these points, women and men have hard times playing sports with each other. Men don’t want to hurt women, and women don’t want to be the weak link. Both genders want to be able to enjoy all aspect of the game, but are unable to in coed sports due to discomft. These contradiction cause sports to be a let down for both genders. It was also proven the men's games are faster than women's, which causes coed sport to be slowed