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Girls Don't Need Weighlifting - Top Ten Reasons
Earlier this week Ambrea Phillips, a senior at Anderson County High in Tennessee, was involuntarily removed from a weight training class because she was the only girl. Below are some reasons school officials might have cited to explain.
Earlier this week Ambrea Phillips, a senior at Anderson County High in Tennessee, was involuntarily removed from a weight training class because she was the only girl. Below are some reasons school officials might have cited to explain.
Top 10 Girls Don't Need Weightlifting
1. Who needs dumbbells when you've got mascara?
2. Martha Stewart never said that girls' lifting weights is a �good thing.�
3. Perfume is distracting to male weight lifters.
4. The "I can beat you up" factor doesn't exactly constitute wife material.
5. No one ever said "barefoot, pregnant, and lifting barbells."
6. They want bust - not bicep - measurements for their coeds.
7. Guys want girls to fight back, not win.
8. Muscles on girls are �icky.�
9. A girl only needs to be strong enough to fight off her male cousins.
10. Bundt cakes aren�t that heavy.
Read the full story here.
Top 10 Girls Don't Need Weightlifting
1. Who needs dumbbells when you've got mascara?
2. Martha Stewart never said that girls' lifting weights is a �good thing.�
3. Perfume is distracting to male weight lifters.
4. The "I can beat you up" factor doesn't exactly constitute wife material.
5. No one ever said "barefoot, pregnant, and lifting barbells."
6. They want bust - not bicep - measurements for their coeds.
7. Guys want girls to fight back, not win.
8. Muscles on girls are �icky.�
9. A girl only needs to be strong enough to fight off her male cousins.
10. Bundt cakes aren�t that heavy.
Read the full story here.
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School to Girl: Bring Your Posse or Don't Come
Date: 12-Jan-2006
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2006) Boys will be boys and if that means they just can't be trusted around girls, then girls will have to give way - that seems to be the message Tennessee administrators are sending to a star-athlete who was involuntarily removed from a weight-training class because "there weren't any other girls in the class... a situation that's really not good."
On just the second day of classes Anderson County High School senior Ambrea Phillips, a straight-A student and veteran member of the track&field team, was told by school officials that she had to drop the course because of a safety issue.
According to the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC), Ambrea was told to work in the school office instead.
"Pencil pushing is a far-cry from a substitute for weightlifting," said Sam Sewell, GenderPAC's Youth Program Director. "Ambrea should not be sentenced to office work just because school officials equate a group of male athletes with danger for women."
School officials maintain that Ambrea's safety is their primary motive in removing her from the class.
Said Bob McCracken, principal of Anderson County High School, to local reporters, "We don't ever like to put a female in with a bunch of boys... If it were my daughter, I wouldn't want her in a class of 50 boys."
After being alerted late Wednesday by state attorneys that he could be facing a Title IX violation, McCracken told Ambrea that she could return to the class with the condition that she arrive 35 minutes earlier than other students.
"As far as I am concerned, she is being unfairly treated simply because of her sex, which is still a violation of Title IX," said Sewell. "It's absurd to assume that young men are incapable of controlling themselves when a female athlete is present in an athletic setting."
Ambrea and her family are now planning to file a formal Title IX complaint with the state. Title IX of The Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that schools not deny any student participation in any educational program or activity on the basis of sex.
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The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC) works to end discrimination and violence caused by gender stereotypes. To join today, visit us at http://www.gpac.org/join.
Date: 12-Jan-2006
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2006) Boys will be boys and if that means they just can't be trusted around girls, then girls will have to give way - that seems to be the message Tennessee administrators are sending to a star-athlete who was involuntarily removed from a weight-training class because "there weren't any other girls in the class... a situation that's really not good."
On just the second day of classes Anderson County High School senior Ambrea Phillips, a straight-A student and veteran member of the track&field team, was told by school officials that she had to drop the course because of a safety issue.
According to the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC), Ambrea was told to work in the school office instead.
"Pencil pushing is a far-cry from a substitute for weightlifting," said Sam Sewell, GenderPAC's Youth Program Director. "Ambrea should not be sentenced to office work just because school officials equate a group of male athletes with danger for women."
School officials maintain that Ambrea's safety is their primary motive in removing her from the class.
Said Bob McCracken, principal of Anderson County High School, to local reporters, "We don't ever like to put a female in with a bunch of boys... If it were my daughter, I wouldn't want her in a class of 50 boys."
After being alerted late Wednesday by state attorneys that he could be facing a Title IX violation, McCracken told Ambrea that she could return to the class with the condition that she arrive 35 minutes earlier than other students.
"As far as I am concerned, she is being unfairly treated simply because of her sex, which is still a violation of Title IX," said Sewell. "It's absurd to assume that young men are incapable of controlling themselves when a female athlete is present in an athletic setting."
Ambrea and her family are now planning to file a formal Title IX complaint with the state. Title IX of The Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that schools not deny any student participation in any educational program or activity on the basis of sex.
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The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC) works to end discrimination and violence caused by gender stereotypes. To join today, visit us at http://www.gpac.org/join.
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