Breaking the Gender DivideImagining a New Way to Organize Youth Sports

TEDxWestVancouver ED

September 23, 2017

ELIZABETH KENNEDY

CHRIS KENNEDY

I have always played a lot of sports

And not always have I played on girls teams

Parents seem to get caught up in gender

Parents have said some crazy things

I am just worried your daughter will get hurt

I am fine with it, but I am not sure about the other

parents

The problem is that the boys don’t know how to check her

It is really hard for the boys

confidence if a girl beats them

It is not like they let boys play in

the girls’ leagues

Co-Ed and Girls Only

Many other ways to organize young people

We have come a long way recently

Imagine how we could change gender thinking