I was one of the first female wrestlers in MI (over 10 years ago) and I can tell you that absolutely, boys wrestle girls differently then they wrestle other boys, but they definitely don't go easier on them. Every single boy I wrestled tried that much harder in order to "not be beat by a girl". Their teammates gave 'em hell if I scored points, much less pinned them. And they would come back twice as hard just to avoid that. Now that I'm a boxer, I find the same thing happens. Sure...there are always some guys who are afraid to "hit a girl" but as soon as I catch 'em with an uppercut and left hook, they realize that I'm going to hit them so they may as well hit back.
posted by wendellw at 11:20 AM on February 07, 2006
Young lady wins state wrestling championship
I was one of the first female wrestlers in MI (over 10 years ago) and I can tell you that absolutely, boys wrestle girls differently then they wrestle other boys, but they definitely don't go easier on them. Every single boy I wrestled tried that much harder in order to "not be beat by a girl". Their teammates gave 'em hell if I scored points, much less pinned them. And they would come back twice as hard just to avoid that. Now that I'm a boxer, I find the same thing happens. Sure...there are always some guys who are afraid to "hit a girl" but as soon as I catch 'em with an uppercut and left hook, they realize that I'm going to hit them so they may as well hit back.