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- G e n d e r G a p p e r s T M
THE RAINBOWS OF SPACE
| Women heroes? Nonsense! Women's talents are
gender specific. Women were created only to save men from the messiness
of childbirth and the tediousness of housekeeping.
Their very muscular weakness and frail bones could never withstand the demands of sports and certainly not war. They have neither the strength of mind nor body to stray beyond their biological, God-appointed path. Surely they would never seek to escape earth in powered flight to "touch the face of God." Most all of Earth's religions do not permit women to approach God at all except through their fathers, brothers or husbands. Does anyone still buy this load of crap? Sadly, yes indeed. There are still those that consider outstanding feats by women in scholarship, sport, politics or business to be against her genetic nature. Of course throughout history, there were women who rebelled and broke the conventional bonds. They were made to suffer for their "queerness" and/or denied the rights and benefits of their genius. Even now, after Affirmative Action and Title IX allowed women to expand into their potential, cultural forces keep trying to put them back into the box. At all cost, men's sports, especially wrestling, must be protected from women. Some of you may remember that thirty years ago Title IX brought gender equity to college athletics. It caused a lot of kicking and screaming at the time, but the results have been nothing short of miraculous. Far from wimping out with broken fingernails, most women blossomed when allowed to experience the thrill of competitive sports. They tumbled and fell and exhausted themselves with the sheer joy of using their bodies. Ole Miss women's soccer coach Steve Holeman speaks from experience. "I think Title IX is necessary. Men and women are created equal. They should have the same opportunities."
Hoping to influence the Commission, Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly joined some college wrestling coaches to deep-six Title IX. Despite all of the evidence of the benefits of athletics for women, Schlafly rode into the fray with lips fully tersed in disapproval. She blamed feminists for Title IX. To Schlafly, real women did not want to play sports and get sweaty. Real women supported men's athletic programs. She was determined to sacrifice all the gain women have made for one school's wrestling program -- watta gal! But the Commission just could not overlook the great strides women made when released from the shackles of societal conformity. It's no wonder, for they are simply astounding. Just as exercise and team play fortify and train men for life, they also do for women. Not too many years ago if a woman got ahead she was accused of "sleeping with the boss." With Affirmative Action and Title IX, the shear mass of exceptional women graduating from colleges and universities effectively stifled that disgusting comment.
Without Title IX, initiated 30 years ago, we would not have had women competent enough to reach for the stars. They are all heroes, the women as well as the men of space. So too are all of the women who bore, and still bear vicious slanders. Slanders coming from those who seem unable to use their brain for anything other than as a muscle to drive a mouth tight with bitterness spewing hatred and misinformation. They are to be pitied, the Schlaflys of this world, for they will never rise beyond their own hatreds. All the while our heroes here on Earth are doing the work of making our world better. Other heroes are now soaring aloft among the rainbows of space with the heavenly butterflies. "Good night, brave crew of Columbia, we'll see you in the morning." 2003-006
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Recently,
Bush's Education Secretary Rod Paige ordered a Commission to study Title
IX. Advocates feared that the Bushies were going to gut the law. Surprisingly,
it did not happen. There was just too much evidence of its effectiveness
and necessity. No major changes were recommended.
