michaela, fantastic achievement. no more excuses for the boys. interviews with the boys she wrestled shows that they respected her abilities and hard work. i believe that a repercussion of her win will be more HS wrestling programs for girls. not for the old reasons of "girls will get hurt" but because parents/coaches will want to prevent the wake of emotionally injured boys that someone like michaela creates. btw, i wrestled many years and easily managed to avoid grabbing other wrestler's on the penis. arguments about problems with anatomy differences are overly exagerated. on the implied eroticism, fear tends to make any sort of arousal dissipate. not many boys stood across from michaela on the mat and didn't fear her for her abilities.
posted by gilthrax at 06:38 PM on February 09, 2006
Young lady wins state wrestling championship
michaela, fantastic achievement. no more excuses for the boys. interviews with the boys she wrestled shows that they respected her abilities and hard work. i believe that a repercussion of her win will be more HS wrestling programs for girls. not for the old reasons of "girls will get hurt" but because parents/coaches will want to prevent the wake of emotionally injured boys that someone like michaela creates. btw, i wrestled many years and easily managed to avoid grabbing other wrestler's on the penis. arguments about problems with anatomy differences are overly exagerated. on the implied eroticism, fear tends to make any sort of arousal dissipate. not many boys stood across from michaela on the mat and didn't fear her for her abilities.