Elizabeth could play if she cooked for the team
By: Elizabeth | Age: 18 | On: 04-23-2009
This is one of many reader entries from the Share Your Story section, designed to encourage and inspire other women to rise to the challenge and follow their dreams.
Have you ever been told you can't
because you're a girl?
Yes I have for example they had told me you can not play any sports because you are a girl. Since little I love to play football but they will always tell me “You are a girl and behave like one. Go play with dolls or something a girl does. You only could play if you make the team something to eat.”
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gretchen | April 23rd, 2009 2:52 pm
Oooh – that’s harsh. You could play if you cooked for the team? Get real. I hope you’re proving you can stand on your own merit.
Rebecka Winton | May 25th, 2009 9:05 am
Wow that sucks. Cooking for the team???? what ever! I hope they soon realized that not all girls r girly girls.!
Karen | July 3rd, 2009 11:45 pm
If the team you want to play on gets federal money, they probably have to let you try out to play.
There is a great article on that here:
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Articles/Issues/Title-IX/C/Coed-Participation–Girls-Playing-on-Boys-Teams-and-Male-Versus-Female-Competition-The-Foundation-Po.aspx