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To: quietolong
GIRL WRESTLER: Should girls and boys should be able to wrestle on the same mat?

Given how much gripping and touching is involved (though it is not sexual) in wrestling I do see how this could be allowed right now given this country's lawsuit happy laywers and how high the risk a sexual harassment lawsuit, or sexual assult case would be presently.

17 posted on 12/19/2004 1:42:02 AM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup

Given how much gripping and touching is involved (though it is not sexual) in wrestling.

I competed in freestyle in high school. We were lucky enough to have a recent immigrant from Denmark who was the Danish national junior champion. Before he arrived their was no wresling program in our city below University competition.

One of the first things I had to learn was how to put 'intimate contact' out of my mind while competing.

Freestyle is very up close and personal.


66 posted on 12/19/2004 3:49:44 AM PST by beaver fever
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To: Paul C. Jesup
Hmmm. . .good point. . .how long before the first female wrestler complains that her opponent grabbed he in a manner he didn't have to?
79 posted on 12/19/2004 7:35:56 AM PST by Gunrunner2
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