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Teen Wrestler in Philly Pinned by Title IX Clause

By Reshmi Kaur Oberoi ● Uncategorized ● November 5, 2013

Amanda Leve has run into a problem trying to join her all-male wrestling team at Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia. Title IX still says that a school can keep contact sports single-sex for “intimacy” reasons.

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Female Wrestlers Vie for Piece of Turkey’s Heart

By Bijoyeta Das ● Health & Science ● March 5, 2010

Turkey’s women’s wrestling team is getting ready for the world championships in Istanbul next year and the 2012 Olympics in London. The athletes are finding it tough to break the gender barriers of a beloved national sport.

Wrestling Murder Highlights Violence-Suicide Link

By Marie Tessier ● Crime & Law ● October 1, 2007

The murder-suicide of a wrestling star, his wife and son outside Atlanta is a case study in domestic homicide and the critical role of violence prevention in stemming murder-suicides.

Columnist Dishes Dangerous Logic About Rape

By Jennifer L. Pozner ● Arts & Culture ● April 26, 2006

A recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal promotes the idea that men are essentially violent and women just have to learn to deal with it. Media critic Jennifer L. Pozner calls it a dangerous response to the problem of sex assault.

Female Olympians Break More Gender Barriers

By Robin Hindery ● Uncategorized ● August 12, 2004

From female Afghan athletes to the debut of women’s wrestling, women are poised to make some notable contributions to sports history when the summer Olympics opens tomorrow in Athens.

Women’s Wrestling Reaches Olympics

By Dakota Smith ● Arts & Culture ● May 21, 2004

With the introduction of women’s wrestling in the Olympics–the only new sport to be added to this summer’s games–there is hope among women and wrestling coaches that the sport will receive more attention at both the high school and college level.