Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Gender Bias

Girl Push Ups??  Since when did push ups have a gender? It disturbs me that while teaching PE, students  refer to the modified push up as a "girl" push up.  I remember learning "girl' push ups and even at a young age refused to do them. I went from barely being able to bench press a 45 lb bar in the 6th grade to being able to bench press 165 lbs (30 lbs more than what I weighed at the time) by the 12th grade.  My max bench press beat some of the high school boys.  Now- that's my kind of "girl" push up.

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