[TigersEye]

But I see no way to take down a girl without there being a sexual connotation.

By that logic male vs. male wrestling has homosexual connotations.

[SgtHooper]

Agreed. I am amazed at how many posters think this is a sexual interaction rather than simply a competition between people of the opposite sex.

[3niner]

By that logic male vs. male wrestling has homosexual connotations.

Sometimes it does. I saw this among some of my acquaintances in junior high school. I never wanted anything to do with wrestling after that.

[Vigilanteman]

Hardly. Man had been pinning man in one on one combat for self-defense purposes since time begin. When man pins woman, the objective is usually physical intimacy, even if doesn't end in sex.

The only exception might be the playful type wrestling such as kittens do, parents tickling their children and the like.

Wrestling simply is not an appropriate activity for teenagers of the opposite sex entering their hormonal peak.

I will not address wrestling between (supposed) homosexual boys, because I cannot comprehend the mindset other than to say that most boys have no real clue as to homosexual tendencies unless actively recruited or encouraged by other perverts, Hollywood and others who have a vested interest in not allowing them to develop normally.

At one time, homosexuality was correctly classified as a mental illness before the pink mafia took over the mental health profession.