Skirt or No Skirt ?

Lately, the International Amateur Boxing Association are discussing whether women fighters should wear skirts in the ring when fighting at the Olympic games of 2012. Clearly this is sparked charges of sexism and surprisingly some female boxers don't mind. Since female boxing started and during the famous Leila Ali, women have worn boxing trunks. Trunks seem to be the standard and most suitable unform for boxing. Female boxers should have the right to chose what to wear in the ring and not be forced to wear skirts. Some of the female boxers disagree and believe that trunks are the uniform or"kit" of boxing, while others don't seem to mind and they will just follow the rules. These women boxers want to be known as Boxers and not female Boxers. I think that women should have a choice whether they want to wear shorts or skirts. It seems that the International Amateur Boxing Association wants to make the female boxers more feminine. This situation is a lot like the womens basketball. In womens basketball they made women basketball players look more feminine in their pictures and made them wear dresses. The basketball players would wear make up during games and their hair was always in a pony tail because other styles or braids seemed to masculine. I believe if they pass this rule of women forced to wear skirts in boxing it will begin a slippery slope, next they are going to demand women wear make up and have their hair in a pony tail.
Giovanny Gamarro
Kin338 Sec. 6
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