Comments on: Sex, Gender, and the Non-Elite Athlete http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/2009/09/sex-gender-and-the-non-elite-athlete/ Elizabeth Kate Switaj Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2882 By: EKSwitaj http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/2009/09/sex-gender-and-the-non-elite-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-18467 EKSwitaj Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:06:11 +0000 http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/?p=1638#comment-18467 That's a really good point that I honestly hadn't thought about (since, for various reasons, aggression has always come easy for me); this is helping me better understand some of the other points made here, too. If we try to work on fixing that disparity while keeping sports gender segregated, what do we do until that goal is reached to protect the rights of people who can't easily be fit to the binary or appear not to fit it though? I mean, obviously saying that people who live their lives as women should be allowed to compete as women solves some of the problem (assuming it's enforced), but what about people I've known who present as women one day and men the next? That’s a really good point that I honestly hadn’t thought about (since, for various reasons, aggression has always come easy for me); this is helping me better understand some of the other points made here, too.

If we try to work on fixing that disparity while keeping sports gender segregated, what do we do until that goal is reached to protect the rights of people who can’t easily be fit to the binary or appear not to fit it though? I mean, obviously saying that people who live their lives as women should be allowed to compete as women solves some of the problem (assuming it’s enforced), but what about people I’ve known who present as women one day and men the next?

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]]> By: kb http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/2009/09/sex-gender-and-the-non-elite-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-18411 kb Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:56:14 +0000 http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/?p=1638#comment-18411 no, requiring all schools isn't going to cause the problem, but yes, I think just integrating sports will. There are some sports that need aggression and power. Lots of women learn that through high school sports. Is that going to change soon? I don't think so. but, when they are cut to make room for boys who are already encouraged to learn that, it's going to be tough for them to ever learn. no, requiring all schools isn’t going to cause the problem, but yes, I think just integrating sports will. There are some sports that need aggression and power. Lots of women learn that through high school sports. Is that going to change soon? I don’t think so. but, when they are cut to make room for boys who are already encouraged to learn that, it’s going to be tough for them to ever learn.

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]]> By: EKSwitaj http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/2009/09/sex-gender-and-the-non-elite-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-18271 EKSwitaj Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:48:45 +0000 http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/?p=1638#comment-18271 A small role would still be better than nothing, which is what you see right now. A small role would still be better than nothing, which is what you see right now.

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]]> By: EKSwitaj http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/2009/09/sex-gender-and-the-non-elite-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-18270 EKSwitaj Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:41:54 +0000 http://blog.elizabethkateswitaj.net/?p=1638#comment-18270 I'm not sure that requiring schools to serve all students who want to participate in athletics, which is what I was talking about here, is going to cause that to be an issue. Integrating sports in general might, but the solution then is to find coaches who are going to focus on winning and pick the best athletes regardless of gender. I’m not sure that requiring schools to serve all students who want to participate in athletics, which is what I was talking about here, is going to cause that to be an issue. Integrating sports in general might, but the solution then is to find coaches who are going to focus on winning and pick the best athletes regardless of gender.

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