Hurt Girls (NTTimes on another downside to Title IX)
Former Member
Anyone catch the NY Times Sunday Magazine Article "Hurt Girls" two weeks ago which posited the politically incorrect fact that female athletes propelled by Title IX are ending up as physical wrecks by the time they are young adults? Dealing mostly with girls in soccer, lacrosse, and basketball, there were some hard figures showing, for example, that female athletes in soccer get ACT tears at five times the rate of males. (As expected, swimming did not come up as a source of injury). Most of the letters published this week in response were the reflexive defense of Title IX by the Title IX athletic establishment.
I am in total agreement. We definitely shouldn't let weak, willowy girls participate in sports cause they might get injured like boys have for years. I agree in that we need to keep them confined to home ec and hopscotch classes.
I am in total agreement. We definitely shouldn't let weak, willowy girls participate in sports cause they might get injured like boys have for years. I agree in that we need to keep them confined to home ec and hopscotch classes.
