Is it wrong for girls to wrestle guys?

[DanielleQG21]

Hi, I am a teenage girl wanting to do wrestling at my school. I am on varsity cross country and varsity track and my brothers wrestle which I’ve always wanted to do myself. It seems physically challanging, would keep me in physical shape for my other sports, and I like the challange of it. However, I would be one of two girls on the team at my school. I would have to wrestle not only girls but many boys. Is this wrong or immoral? My dad says it is and he can’t believe that I would ask for him permission to do such a sport, claiming it’s wrong for a girl to compete in a boy’s sport. What should I do? Is me doing wrestling wrong like he says? Please explain if it is, I would like to understand.

Thank you

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

Your dad is right. Even though you might not get aroused by wrestling with boys, the boys could very well become so. You need to realize that guys and gals are wired differently. Guys tend to get aroused much more easily. You don’t want your desire for challenge to become an occasion of sin for someone else. Better to focus on the challenges you already have.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.