Laura ’s girl Anna ( both names transfer ) want to try out out for her private school’slacrosseteam , but she jib once she make that the mandatory uniform included a wench / skort .
" She did not want to fag out the skirt as the uniform and felt it was too revealing and made her feel self - witting , " Laura explains in an electronic mail consultation . " If the little girl uniform were standardised to the boys , she would have tried out . " add together her girl , who is in the 6th grade , " boy tire out long shorts and fille have to wear short skirt and it ’s not clean . "
Young Anna just had her first real - life run - in with the wild variations between what ’s expected of woman ’s appearances versus men ’s . Many variation have traditionally feature a skirt as part of the uniform for women , in the same means that woman traditionally wore principally skirts and dresses . But you might be surprised to learn that some of the sportswoman annulus requirements are actually very late .
For instance , women’sboxingbecame part of the Olympics for the first time in 2012 . In 2011 , the president of the AIBA , the international association representing recreational boxers , declared that the female person boxerswould wear skirts , because viewers had a hard meter telling the difference between the male and the distaff boxershorts in competiton . After a vast cry , the AIBA backtracked and said its jock could weareither fudge or shorts , a policy that still exists today . A similar debate took place in the world ofOlympic badminton .
" They [ the governing organizations for boxing and badminton ] both state out loudly that they were doing it to make the women sexy and more vendible and watchable , " call up Nancy Hogshead - Makar , Olympic swimming genius , lawyer and head of advocacy organizationChampion Women .
She insists that the purpose of the uniform is what makes the difference . " field of battle hockey has over a hundred years ' story of wearing doll so that ’s just how the sport has developed , " she says , noting that female jock should n’t be force to look like model simply because they ’re women . " If that ’s what you ’re looking for , then that ’s a problem because it ’s run low to take away from the power to look at the fair sex ’s athletic accomplishment . "
Jennifer Perkins , of Woodstock , Georgia , has coached lacrosse for 20 years , and play the sport in college . She identify lacrosse skirts as very comfortable and almost selfsame to tennis bird and field hockey uniform , which feature spandex shorts underneath . " I️ actually do n’t wish when a lacrosse team wears trunks but I️ am more of a diehard , " she says in an e-mail . ( For the platter , theFederation of International Lacrossesays shorts or kilt are OK for uniform ) .
Perkins is n’t alone in that sentiment , either . The Women ’s Professional Lacrosse League ( WPLL ) recently consulted players about whether they prefer to wager in skirts or shorts . Surprisingly , most indicated bird as their uniform of choice , although there were inviolable opinions on both sides of the debate .
" I think skirts pay up tribute to the tradition and gracefulness of the game as female lacrosse players have been wearing them for over a hundred years , " explains Courtney Waite , instrumentalist for WPLL squad Philadelphia Fire . " On a practical level , chick are prosperous to compete in , while I have find some trend of lacrosse boxershorts on the marketplace today to be somewhat bulky and more constrictive . Visually , skirts are attractive and offer a visual representation of the multiple facet of distaff athletes . woman can celebrate their femininity , strength , and athleticism . "
Fellow WPPL player Olivia Hompe , who play for Upstate Pride , respectfully disagree . " While I think skirts look skillful and are prosperous to run in , I do think competing in chick takes by a stage of authenticity from women as athletes . It is unimaginable that any manful professional sport would hold out dame to contend , " she says in an e-mail .
Of naturally , some sports are more flexible in terms of dress code , but those tend to be single sport like woman ’s golf or lawn tennis . Even Wimbledon is o.k. with woman wear shorts — as long asthey are blank .
" They [ women playing individual sports ] can wear what ’s most well-to-do for them , " Hogshead - Makar says . " In a squad sportsman it ’s harder , but there ’s no reason why one someone could n’t wear a skirt or shorts as long as they ’re the same coloring material . Just like individual sport , jock should be able to have the choice , " she says . " To have a Kyd not enter because they do n’t have a choice or are not comfortable with the attire code , that ’s highly tough . "
The Women ’s Sports Foundation has aposition paperwith guidelines for athletic uniform . It notes , among other thing , that uniforms should take into consideration " ease and retarding force reduction , " the " impingement on dead body type and body presentation , " as well as issue related to " inappropriate selling victimization . "
