Mr.Lombardi34
Smash Ace
I wasn't entirely sure if I should have put this in here or the debate hall, but it matters not, young ones. For future reference, I'm a guy.
In my phys. ed. class, we started a new unit this week on team handball. Most people have probably played this, but here's how it works: Two teams of around 6 people are in a match. There are two goal areas, with a crease, and a goalie. The rest of the team does anything they can. You can only hold the ball (Which is a kind of bouncy volley-ball in my class) for 3 seconds (Then you have to pass), and you are allowed to take 3 steps if it's in your hands as well. The opposite team cannot hit it out of your hands, but they can steal it once it's in the air.
Okay, those are all of the rules, except for one, which is unique to my school, and my biggest gripe. When shooting into the goal, a girl can throw directly in, while a boy is not allowed. Boys have to bounce the ball in, which basically makes it impossible to score on a decent goalie.
Of course, when this rule was announced, all the boys in the the class groaned, but it's more than just an annoyance, it's a predjudice. It is ridiculous to say that a boy is instantly better than throwing a ball than a girl. There is nothing at all that prevents a girl from throwing just as hard as a boy. It's like saying to a tennis player, "You may be faster than your oponent, so you have to wear ski boots intead of sneakers so that you can't use that advantage."
That is exactly what the rule does, really, it prevents a boy from using his skill. It's not like boys actually have a physical advantage over girls, they both have the potential to be strong. I can understand that the gym teachers wouldn't want us pegging the volleyball at eachother, but wouldn't it make more sense to ban pegging the ball, intead of stereotyping and saying that boys are the only ones who can beam it that hard?
I wouldn't make such a big deal about this if A) The unit doesn't last 3 weeks, and B) The rule doesn't put such a disadvantage on me and my team, but it does. I would say that I have one of the worst teams in the class. I'm the only one on the team who's really that athletic, to be honest. We've played two games so far, and as a team, we haven't scored a single goal in either. I am the one who usually does the most in a game, and I've had the most shots on goal by far. It's extreemly hard just to get the ball up the field and take a shot, much less make one.
This is a ridiculoussly sexist rule, and it really annoys me.
In my phys. ed. class, we started a new unit this week on team handball. Most people have probably played this, but here's how it works: Two teams of around 6 people are in a match. There are two goal areas, with a crease, and a goalie. The rest of the team does anything they can. You can only hold the ball (Which is a kind of bouncy volley-ball in my class) for 3 seconds (Then you have to pass), and you are allowed to take 3 steps if it's in your hands as well. The opposite team cannot hit it out of your hands, but they can steal it once it's in the air.
Okay, those are all of the rules, except for one, which is unique to my school, and my biggest gripe. When shooting into the goal, a girl can throw directly in, while a boy is not allowed. Boys have to bounce the ball in, which basically makes it impossible to score on a decent goalie.
Of course, when this rule was announced, all the boys in the the class groaned, but it's more than just an annoyance, it's a predjudice. It is ridiculous to say that a boy is instantly better than throwing a ball than a girl. There is nothing at all that prevents a girl from throwing just as hard as a boy. It's like saying to a tennis player, "You may be faster than your oponent, so you have to wear ski boots intead of sneakers so that you can't use that advantage."
That is exactly what the rule does, really, it prevents a boy from using his skill. It's not like boys actually have a physical advantage over girls, they both have the potential to be strong. I can understand that the gym teachers wouldn't want us pegging the volleyball at eachother, but wouldn't it make more sense to ban pegging the ball, intead of stereotyping and saying that boys are the only ones who can beam it that hard?
I wouldn't make such a big deal about this if A) The unit doesn't last 3 weeks, and B) The rule doesn't put such a disadvantage on me and my team, but it does. I would say that I have one of the worst teams in the class. I'm the only one on the team who's really that athletic, to be honest. We've played two games so far, and as a team, we haven't scored a single goal in either. I am the one who usually does the most in a game, and I've had the most shots on goal by far. It's extreemly hard just to get the ball up the field and take a shot, much less make one.
This is a ridiculoussly sexist rule, and it really annoys me.
