Should Girls Play On Boys'sports Teams?
Should girls play on boys’ sports teams?
Though it is a saddening occurrence, male dominance is ubiquitous in our present world. You can see it everywhere, from male presidents to male actors. It is something that has been happening for centuries. But why? Who decided men were superior to women? Who denied women the right to vote, stopped them from finishing school and instead of have children? The men. They made it disgraceful, unthinkable to defy male authority. If a woman wanted to become a lawyer, a doctor, she was sneered at. Her daring dreams. Gone. The second her husband, or her male friends told her she was a fool. That disconcerting past unfortunately influenced people today. Although women’s rights …show more content…
The boys teams are themselves nations, and the girls are being oppressed. We are denying the girls the right to play alongside their male counterparts. We are stopping them from being part of a nation, a part of a unified team. The thing is, we as a society have changed. We are less prejudicial, less biased toward women. We, well, the most of us, now see women as equals. We see them as strong, driven people who deserve the same chance as men. We see them as cardiologists, prosecutors, Navies, and many others. We cannot objectify them and see them as delicate, fragile beings who fit right into society’s expectation of them; giggly, submissive women who talk about boys all day long and who have no interest in school, let alone sports. As for the legal aspect of this argument, Article 10 of the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms proclaims that Every person has a right to full and equal recognition and exercise of his human rights and freedoms, without distinction, exclusion or preference based on race, color,and sex, among other things. Discrimination exists where such a distinction, exclusion or preference has the effect of ignoring such right.Segregating the boy’s and girls teams are a distinction, so dividing them is a violation of the law. It is an exclusion based on gender. It is a differentiation between men. We put in place these laws for this very reason: that no one be excluded.
Though it is a saddening occurrence, male dominance is ubiquitous in our present world. You can see it everywhere, from male presidents to male actors. It is something that has been happening for centuries. But why? Who decided men were superior to women? Who denied women the right to vote, stopped them from finishing school and instead of have children? The men. They made it disgraceful, unthinkable to defy male authority. If a woman wanted to become a lawyer, a doctor, she was sneered at. Her daring dreams. Gone. The second her husband, or her male friends told her she was a fool. That disconcerting past unfortunately influenced people today. Although women’s rights …show more content…
The boys teams are themselves nations, and the girls are being oppressed. We are denying the girls the right to play alongside their male counterparts. We are stopping them from being part of a nation, a part of a unified team. The thing is, we as a society have changed. We are less prejudicial, less biased toward women. We, well, the most of us, now see women as equals. We see them as strong, driven people who deserve the same chance as men. We see them as cardiologists, prosecutors, Navies, and many others. We cannot objectify them and see them as delicate, fragile beings who fit right into society’s expectation of them; giggly, submissive women who talk about boys all day long and who have no interest in school, let alone sports. As for the legal aspect of this argument, Article 10 of the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms proclaims that Every person has a right to full and equal recognition and exercise of his human rights and freedoms, without distinction, exclusion or preference based on race, color,and sex, among other things. Discrimination exists where such a distinction, exclusion or preference has the effect of ignoring such right.Segregating the boy’s and girls teams are a distinction, so dividing them is a violation of the law. It is an exclusion based on gender. It is a differentiation between men. We put in place these laws for this very reason: that no one be excluded.