tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363730087661467442.post8862689249561778193..comments2023-09-26T04:33:42.206-07:00Comments on Sitting Knitting: Women's RightsGrandma Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489523959321155220noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363730087661467442.post-81819496743044628022007-05-17T20:51:00.000-07:002007-05-17T20:51:00.000-07:00I was the first generation to compete athletically...I was the first generation to compete athletically, thanks to Title IX. However, we suffered needlessly high injury rates because (1) we were the guinea pigs and (2) we were not allowed to use the weight rooms to strengthen weak points. The weight rooms were reserved for the boys. Only after they were done, were we allowed to use them. But, if we did, then we would miss the last school bus.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the boys got the huge new gyms and we got the old, leaky one. Ditto for all the equipment.<BR/><BR/>Times have not changed. A father told me that his daughter and her teammates are still being denied use of the weight room (to give the boys their time) at a local HS today!<BR/><BR/>In the late 1990s, at U of Colorado, the new gym with several volleyball courts kept all the nets at men's height. When women complained and asked that one be set at women's height, we were told they could not. According to their staff use surveys, women almost never used the VB courts. <BR/><BR/>We asked if one could be set at women's height at a fixed time each week. Again no dice.<BR/><BR/>They said, if a bunch of women came to the gym at the same time, and no men wanted to use the court, then we could ask the staff to temporarily lower the net for us.<BR/><BR/>So we did. We came at opening on a weekend, when most of the men were still in bed. However, the staff told us that they lacked the hand crank to adjust the nets. It was locked up and no one had the key.<BR/><BR/>As Iris would say, GRRR! We gave up.<BR/><BR/>This was 20 years after passage of Title IX.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.com