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Should Boys Be Wrestling Girls?
Townhall.com ^ | March 1, 2011 | Mona Charen

Posted on 03/01/2011 9:40:00 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: RightOnline
Inappropriate?

When I was 16 if a girl looked at me a certain way I had a biological reaction that was embarassing in public. My hormones were raging and any wrestling around with a girl resulted in an appendage so swollen that it hurt.

Have 16 year olds changed that much in 43 years?

21 posted on 03/01/2011 10:04:16 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: llevrok

RE: graphic of manly beotch

“Bring it on”

Christ.

I’ll “bring” an anti-tank weapon.


22 posted on 03/01/2011 10:08:18 AM PST by Levante
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To: KEmom

while watching a little league baseball game with 12-13 yr olds, there was a girl on the opposing team,
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
My 13yo grandson’s opposing team had a girl on it...she wasn’t bad and what with the league etc she probably earned her spot on the team.
She was playing 2nd base and did a full body ‘block’ on it (a very foolish move) and the kid that slid in came up short on his slide.
My grandson, very matter of factly stated “If she or anyone tries to block me out like that, I am going through her”.
His grandmother (my x) chastised him - you just can’t go go after her like that...My daughter, to her credit “Mom, leave him alone...she is on the field, obviously doesn’t know how to play the position and I would also take her out”.
Nothing malicious, just playing the game to win.
Naturally I had absolutely NO problem with his assessment of the situation.


23 posted on 03/01/2011 10:10:39 AM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit - Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.)
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To: Kaslin

What happens if the girl is losing, and claims an “inappropriate” hold of some sort? Could the guy be deemed a sex offender?

And wouldn’t a decisive victory make the guy look like a “brute” anyway?

Sounds like there’s no way for the guy to win.

Society is very, very sick for us to even be arriving at this point.


24 posted on 03/01/2011 10:11:09 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: OB1kNOb

Well then I hope you’re bigger than the raw-boned Jethro Bodine, because she routinely kicked his behind.


25 posted on 03/01/2011 10:11:30 AM PST by EyeGuy (Gimme Shelter)
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To: Kaslin

PS Where’s a picture of Andy Kaufman when we need one? :)


26 posted on 03/01/2011 10:11:41 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: Kaslin

That depends on the circumstances now. Say they have had a little wine, the lights are low, candles are burning and Barry White is playinmg on the speakers - I can that ending in some rasslin’ around.


27 posted on 03/01/2011 10:13:11 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Leave the gun. Take the canolis.)
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To: Kaslin

There were 4 boys and 3 girls in my family growing up on the farm.
We always wrestled our sisters but if they got us in leg scissors, we were done for.
My sisters regularly beat up bullies for us.


28 posted on 03/01/2011 10:17:43 AM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: Kaslin

Collective common sense dies a little more each day.


29 posted on 03/01/2011 10:28:33 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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30 posted on 03/01/2011 10:31:34 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: RightOnline

As another high school wrestler, I agree.

Nobody wanted more contact with girls than I at that age, but there’s no way in hell I would have wanted to wrestle competitively with them.

If she gets hurt, you’re the bad guy.
If you touch her in the wrong place, you’re the bad guy.
If she beats you, the other guys will never let you live it down.
If you beat her, the win is thought of as a guy who beat a girl.
If you refuse to engage in it, you get ripped to shreds across the nation in print. Your family gets scrutinized, you’re religion gets trashed, and you are are thought of as a neanderthal.

Someone point out one activity where women could be so grossly stigmatized across the board, an it not involve a massive class action law suit, and yet here the guy is the the focus of the venom and anger for objecting.


31 posted on 03/01/2011 10:34:31 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Here's the proof of Obama's U. S. citizenship: " " Good enough for our 3 branches...)
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To: Kaslin

No. As a girl, let me also state for the record, no girls/women on submarines, aircraft carriers, destroyers or in battle zones. I believe in equal rights but there are just some things and some places that are NOT appropriate for girls/women.


32 posted on 03/01/2011 10:38:41 AM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: bigredkitty1

I agree with you especially on the part that there are some places that are not approbiate for girls, ladies or women


33 posted on 03/01/2011 10:46:44 AM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

Only in the back seat of a GTO.


34 posted on 03/01/2011 10:54:36 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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To: Kaslin

Depends on you voting age I suppose.

7-14 No Way

15-21 Absolutly

22-35 What does she look like?

36-45 No Way

46-59 Absolutly

60-80 Check with your Doctor First - But Duh!


35 posted on 03/01/2011 11:01:33 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: Kaslin
In my best Buggs Bunny voice - "Why, certainly!"
36 posted on 03/01/2011 11:08:05 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: KEmom

I hit the only girl I ever saw in my time on the mound. I was 11.

I can still remember my dad telling me from the bench not to throw any differently. Well, she was really tall and had ridiculously long arms. She was over the plate with those wings.

So, after 1 or 2 strikes, I decided I’d brush those arms off the plate. Wasn’t trying to hit her, just make her think twice.

Needless to say, my dad felt obliged to yell loud enough for the other side to hear: “I didn’t tell you to hit her!”.


37 posted on 03/01/2011 11:11:13 AM PST by TheEditor
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To: Kaslin
I've played in amateur hockey leagues where women sometimes played on mens' teams. The problem with some of these sports is that there aren't enough female competitors to form their own leagues.

I was never comfortable with it, but if I showed up for a game and learned that the opposing team had a woman playing on it, I wouldn't change the way I played.

There's no way I would support this kind of thing for high school sports, though.

38 posted on 03/01/2011 11:21:55 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: bmwcyle
"Hell no and girls don’t belong on submarines."

Why? Are they allergic to Sea men?

39 posted on 03/01/2011 11:23:51 AM PST by FW190
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To: Kaslin
Are we really sure we want to obliterate the last traces of chivalry in young men -- to stamp out every trace of protectiveness from the male psyche?

These people do: The Frankfurt School and The Tavistock Institute

40 posted on 03/01/2011 11:24:05 AM PST by Roninf5-1 (If ignorance is bliss why are so many Americans on anti-depressants?)
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