Truth be told, most boys wouldn't wrestle a girl, for various reasons and combinations thereof.
«Boy in Iowa doesn't wrestle girl!»
I respect that guys choice about not fighting a girl even though I have not read anything in the Bible so far saying anything about
not wrestling a girl.
I find the fact that Northrup sites his Christian beliefs as his reason for
not wrestling this girl offensive.
Not exact matches
There's an entire generation of
girls who will be less afraid to speak up and to strive for more, who will
wrestle less with the subconscious notion that they don't belong at the top.
If he has a problem with
wrestling girls, then he shouldn't sign up for the sport.
I can't find any scripture where it says you can
wrestle a
girl
Furthermore, they separate boys and
girls sports all the time - especially contact ones; I don't understand why they wouldn't with
wrestling regardless of this boy's religious beliefs or
not.
This isn't about him being afraid to lose the match, it is about the fact that this
girl understood the terms of joining
wrestling, and was denied the challenge.
Whatever be the roots of this young mans convictions is irrelevant, what IS relevant is the fact that he didn't want to
wrestle a
girl and grope and fondle this young lady.
Seems to me he didn't have a problem
wrestling a
girl — until she won.
All in all, if the kid has a problem with wresting
girls, then don't join the
wrestling team.
But certainly
not a gentleman by refusing to
wrestle with this
girl.
In the video he said he
wrestled a
girl back in 3rd grade and it didn't feel right so he decided
not to
wrestle girls going forward, so his fear of loosing to a
girl had nothing to do with his decission.
So all the other boys that didn't bow out cowardly and
wrestled the
girl are in the wrong then?
I think what he did wasn't dishonoring the
girl or attempting to make her feel «unworthy» to
wrestle him, and I've been in the same situation where a boy wouldn't
wrestle me and i wasn't insulted by it.
I Am a
girl, 15 from Illinois, and i plan on
wrestling next year, and i wish that guys wouldn't forfeit against
girls, because if they are on a
wrestling team they are obviously there because they WANT to
wrestle and compete, however if the guy is
not comfortable
wrestling with me (a
girl) i wont judge him in anyway, its your own choice and i agree
Why shouldn't guys
wrestle girls, if a
girl can beat a guy, she deserves to try.
I saw this WWE match where Vince McMahon
wrestled some
girl, I can't remember her name though.
A Mat Mom I am from a town very close to all of these kids and when my son had to
wrestle a
girl it really was no BIG DEAL... By the way I have seen this
girl wrestle and trust me she can hold her own and most boys do
nt want to have to face her because she really is that good and can truely hold her own Go Cassy
Its how you think of it, most of the wrestlers I know don't care who they
wrestle, once the whistle blows its doesn't make a difference if its a boy or a
girl.
It's unfortunate that societal norms encourage the boys» peers to tease them if they are beaten fairly by a
girl, but that's certainly
not a reason to forbid
girls to
wrestle against boys.
«Even though there's no specific Scripture that addresses
wrestling with
girls, there is the biblical Christian principle of treating women with respect and dignity» shouldn't he «respect» her desire to
wrestle and give her the «dignity» that she, as a woman, is looking for?
He's
not refusing to
wrestle a
girl because of his Christian beliefs.
I bet the
girl was disappointed that she couldn't
wrestle... something that she is obviously good enough at to be allowed to do it with boys.
The kid shouldn't believe it's right to
wrestle the
girl because some piece of paper says so, he should do it cause it's intrinsically moral.
Well
girls, if you are having trouble finding a reasonably decent guy to date like most of us are, why
not wrestle one?
One can disagree with the lad's (patently and demonstrably absurd) statement that Christianity teaches respect towards women, and still support and respect his decision
not to
wrestle the
girl.
Unfortunately for the young woman,
girls don't usually want to
wrestle.
One can deduce that the family's Christian convictions allow for their son to inflict violence on a boy but
not a
girl, and that given that
wrestling is a combat sport, and at times violent, it is fine that two boys can be put in moves and holds that are compromising.
He's
not saying that
girls should
wrestle at all.
The
girl got to choose to
wrestle boys, and this particular boy got to choose
not to
wrestle a
girl.
I am talking from experience, because I have
wrestled a
girl and it was
not a comfortable experience.
If it was my son, I wouldn't let him
wrestle unless the
girl signed a complete, ironclad release of any possible claims against the boy.
So what if he was raised in a church, maybe he does go every Sunday and every other day they have service, Most people are raised
not to fight (or
wrestle) with
girls / women and maybe he was ACTUALLY taught to respect them, you don't know that he's
not religious.
ive been
wrestling since i was 9 years old and when i went into high school i had to
wrestle a
girl... growing up learning to
wrestle i had ended up having violent style, i never was dirty or broke rules but i was taught to do anything in your power to win whehter it was to club down the head or grab the throat to gain position etc. unfortunately i was in the postion to
wrestle a
girl once and at the time i did
nt care who you were boy /
girl, white / black / purple it did
nt matter im was going to go out there bounce your head of the mat and bury you, so i went out there and wreslted the same way i always
wrestled, 110 % and always to put your oppenents back through the mat i dditn change my style at all bc she was a
girl i
wrestled the same against everyone but after i pinned her in the first minute i did
nt even realize that i broke her ribs when i power doubled through her, now after that for the rest of the tournament i was heckled and berated for forcefully beating a
girl ppl were telling my parents «hey, looks like you raised a wife beater» etc. etc.... ever since then i refused to
wrestle girls and thank go i eventually grew out of the lower weights, moral of the story is that is great and all that
girls are
wrestling but they shouldnt
wrestle boys even if they know what they are getting into because 1.
There are no
girls»
wrestling teams, and the school districts won't fund the
girls teams.
Wouldn't having adolescent boys and
girls wrestle together eventually lead to an embarrassing moment or two?
Sorry, but I do
not buy this whole «he was afraid to
wrestle a
girl» idea.
And also, it's
not like anyone is turning pro off your
wrestling team (most likely there are no future Olympians on the mat), or off the boys basketball team, or even the
girls basketball team.
I don't care if you like
wrestling or
not, it is so cool that little
girls have women to root for and be represented by.
Maria says that she was the biggest
wrestling fan out of any of the
girls, but that wasn't enough.
Bond
girl Gemma Arterton has revealed she won't be joining the Brit brigade in Tinseltown because she's struggling to
wrestle the big movie roles from the likes of Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley.
It isn't always easy to believe that a
girl of her natural spark and charisma would have trouble making friends, but when Nadine expresses the self - loathing she's
wrestled with for years («I had the worst thought: I've got to spend the rest of my life with myself,» she says early on), something in the pitch of Steinfeld's voice makes it impossible
not to believe her.
Wrestle with the
girls» conflicting battle plans, spend some one - on - one time keeping the
girls motivated to be their better selves, and uncover their deepest, darkest secrets on the way to reforming them into
not just upstanding citizens, but a cohesive, and effective battle group.