Letters to the Editor

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The statute, which banned sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, turns 35.
  • Hah

    "The rationale (according to our gym teacher and girls who echoed her wisdom)was that girls are fragile creatures who must be protected from their desire of play by boys' rules."

    The idea of women being fragile creatures who can't play with men without special protection is an insulting idea. Unless we're talking about sexual harassment and that's when we need to say precisely that women are fragile creatures who need special protection.