Male Wrestling - The Yin-Yang Instability

A phenomenon that shaped a considerable part of the past social and military cultures, this means of self-defense has grown today into a prime form of entertainment, granting access to the fairer sex as well under women’s wrestling or under the male female wrestling category.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, wrestling is defined as - a sport or contest in which two unarmed individuals struggle hand to hand with each, attempting to subdue or unbalance the other. Thus it’s an act that engages physically two participants, competing to gain physical advantage over another. With its origin in the Old English word, wrestling is also the oldest word that’s still in use (Genesis, chapter 32; patriarch Jacob wrestled with the Angel and was named Israel, which translates to wrestles with God.)

Though the ancient cultures witnessed only big, burly males wrestling to glory, the modern age granted the fairer sex an access to the game. No doubt the supporters of feminism jeered, but the phenomenon complicated the current scenario up to quite an extent. A small example would be the experience of one of the promising Minnesota high school male wrestling team member; he was forced to wrestle a girl since male female wrestling was the fad of 2006. He ended up as the winner, but took 40 seconds to pin the girl even after he flipped her over, and that too after being forced by the coach. And pinning requires applying direct pressure on the opponent’s chest!

Such embarrassments are a regular part of male female wrestling and the majority of the male wrestling figures standing proud and tall in the male wrestling gallery deflate (figuratively) even thinking about such a situation. Most of them thus look defeated even after being victorious and the embarrassment is not something easy to cope with.

However, regardless of such incidences, it is becoming a common scene every passing day to see males wrestling against women. And women do not mind it either; around 2,500 women participants of the high school wrestling arena being the biggest proof. But in states like South Dakota and Wyoming, male female wrestling is an act forbidden by the law while Texas and Hawaii schools follow the midway by setting up separate, women only wrestling teams. A thoughtful move, no doubt, for wrestling being a full-contact sport, there are chances for the women wrestlers to suffer from irreversible damages. And male female wrestling also encompasses the subject of sexual harassment; here, we do not require elaborating the causes further. However, at the end, it is a question to all wrestling enthusiasts – the society follows an axiom, which is using force against women is dishonorable and unmanly. So where is the society leading too, finally?