Who made the varsity squad, and who got cut, isn't the zenith of high school athletics controversy anymore.
Instead, it's a difficult question: should boys be allowed to play on girls' sports teams? And vice versa?
The latest controversial installment comes out of Yonkers High School. Jenson Daniels, the only male to play on the school's otherwise all-female volleyball team, has been cut from the squad.
But it has more to do with gender than athleticism.
The 17-year-old senior was told by state officials he couldn't play this season; he performed too well on the physical exam and was deemed too strong, according to reports by CBS News.
Yonkers High School has no boys volleyball team. And while Jenson is off the floor for the time being, he's battling in court to regain his spot on the squad.
Earlier this year, Patch readers sounded off on the converse—a girl playing second base on a boys' baseball team.
Patch wants to know: should mixed-gender sports be allowed in high schools if there's no other solution? Or does it upset the game?
Now you see these ludicrous theories that men and women are not only equal but the same - and that only artificial, social stereotypes create an "illusion" of difference. That is insanity and traces back to neo-Marxist ideas intended to de-stabilze society. Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci taught that economic struggle was not enough. The values of capitalist society has to be changed. He wrote of what he called "a long march through culture" where social subgroups could be used to militate against core cultural values. This is where cultural neo-Marxism ("New Left" etc) and political correctness get their origins. Political correctness uses minorities, immigrants, women, homosexuals, criminals etc - any subgroups that can be made militant - and turns them against the core society. The family unit and religion were specifically targeted for elimination Women are always a first target because they are easier to manipulate, and once they are pulled in the men follow . Its no accident the women's movement is driven mostly by male hating women who want to resentfully turn society inside out. This is why the feminists hate the military (has nothing to do with "peace").
Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to the first question because you would have to see the history of the athletic program at the school. I do however, think that you will find that no female was ever banned because she was too strong or too good so they need to go back to the drawing board and figure this one out without discriminating on the basis of gender.
Ms. Gertz misses the point. No one can dispute that men and women are biologically different. But we live under a Constitution that guarantees Equal Protection under the law. When the State tries to discriminate based on gender, it must show that the classification is substantially related to the achievement of an important governmental objective. The only objective Ms. Gertz suggests is that it offends her personal sensibility. Of course, protecting protecting public sensibilities can be a legitimate goal for legislation. But when sensibility is invoked to justify gender classifications based on social prejudices, serious attention must be paid. The Equal Protection Clause exists to make certain that public sensibilities grounded in archaic prejudices and unexamined stereotypes do not become part of the official policy of government. No game is upset by high quality athletes playing. People who like sport enjoy the game, and don’t get worked up about gender; that brings extra-athletic criteria into play. The game is the thing. The ironic reductio ad absurdum of Ms. Gertz’s remarks is that women should be barefoot, pregnant, and silent. Given her outspoken posts, she seems to be at odds with her own argument. As Deborah says, let the kid play.