40 Years Ago

One of my favorite things to do is play lacrosse. If I'm ever angry, happy or sad I can just go outside and throw a ball around and it never gets old. Instead of looking at what is wrong with the world for this one post, I will focus on how far we have come. My mom always tells me stories of when she was in high school. She tells me that I am lucky I can be on a sport, especially at school. She's told me that 40 years ago, the only sport a girl could be on was cheerleading or dance. Back then they did not have the laundry list of sports that any girl could participate in, unlike today. After title nine was put into place, that allowed girls to participate in all sports, but girls still had to fight for it to be socially acceptable to play a sport. I personally want to thank those women that fought because if you did not, I would probably be more stressed out and not know where to channel some of my energy. A well known concept is that the current generation is fighting so that their kids can have a better life. This is exactly what our parents did. They fought for something most of us could not imagine living without. Thank you. I'm not saying that we don't have work to do. Every girl has worked to accomplish gender equality and the outcome has been amazing, we just need to keep working just as hard. Keep up the good work girls, even if we don't see the effects, I know our children will.