"Boys Do Not Belong In Girls' Sports"
High school girl's letter to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
A female high school field hockey player was hospitalized after suffering serious facial and dental injuries caused by a male who was playing on the opposing girls’ team. The incident occurred on November 2nd during the MIAA Division III playoffs between Dighton-Rehoboth High School and Swampscott High School. Read more here.
Below is a letter written by Kelsey Bain, a teammate of the injured girl, addressed to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) in response to the incident. It appeared on her “X” account: Kelsey Bain @KelseyBain13.
You can email MIAA at miaa@miaa.net.
To learn more about the fight for fairness and safety in women’s sports visit Independent Council on Women’s Sports, Champion Women and Women’s Sports Policy Working Group.
This letter exhibits great intelligence and maturity. Her arguments are irrefutable and we can only hope that the MIAA will take them into consideration. But to assure this we need a movement of students, parents and concerned citizens of Ma. to stop this madness. It is misogyny, an unconcern for females, that allows males of any age or identity, into sports designed for females.