Well, this is nice. We get to write this week's blog posts on Girlfight, which we watched in class. It stars Michelle Rodriguez, who went on to appear in the ABC series Lost, before it got...well, I'll let you finish that one, I'm sure you're just as tired of that joke as I am.

This turned out to be a great fit as my previous post dealt with women in contact sports. And what sport could better sum up the essence of contact sports than boxing? The film has Rodriguez's character, Diana Guzman, training to become a boxer in a world where boys are taught not to hit girls. When she finally becomes skilled enough to compete, she has no choice but to go up against boys, since there are so few female boxers.

Diana tires of the hype and attention that came of her entering the ring, as she "just wants to box." Today, there are many women who just want to be able to play sports just like men do. Maybe many see a push toward equal gender representation in sports as a way to cause a scene or get publicity. It would be a very quick transition indeed if our generation could break the trend and stop making such a big deal out of this. However, with gender lines imprinted so heavily onto our way of life, this is far from an easy task. We would have to change our views that were given to us at an early age, something many are reluctant to do.