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Physical Education for Girls - III
Compulsory Physical Education for Girls
& Sports for Women
With the growing advocacy for gymnastics in the 1800s, as described in our previous article, the inevitable consequence was compulsory physical education in regular educational institutions.
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In 1850, Germany introduced its first Turnvereine or gymnastics clubs for women. With this came the rise of physical education in girl’s schools, which had already become compulsory for higher education by 1894 in Prussia, and shortly afterwards also for elementary schools.
Although these initial classes were restricted to womanlike movements and simple exercises without immodest positions, the very idea of physical education began to breed a new mentality in women that adopted the notion that education necessarily included physical exercise for the body.
Tendentially, girls were being prepared to participate in sports, just like the boys. This trend for the physical education of women spread throughout the whole world.
It was not long before physical education classes were even included in Catholic schools run by nuns, who were afraid to appear to be behind the times. Common activities included modified gymnastics, dancing, tennis, and even field hockey.
In Ireland, the Catholic schools tended to prefer dancing – considered to be a good form of exercise that taught elegance – as opposed to the more aggressive sports, though the latter were still often played in some schools.
One should not be surprised that the girls became obsessed with the games, especially as they became competitive with awards given for girls who achieved the best athletic feats. Sports games became the central activity for many of the schools; at times teachers complained that the sports were all the girls would talk about.
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Concern for modesty expressed by the Catholic clergy
In such environments, concessions to immodesty are easily made for the sake of convenience and athletic achievement. Indeed, the problem became grave enough that in 1928 a Letter from the Congregation for Religious was written, exhorting the nuns to exclude girls from any sports or gymnastics who were not being modest:
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“It is painful to point out in this regard that the deplorable custom [or immodest clothing] tends to insinuate itself among young girls who frequent, as extern pupils, some of the schools directed by Sisters and Sunday-school classes which are held in female religious institutions.
“In order to confront a danger which, by spreading, becomes ever more grave, this Sacred Congregation, by order of the Holy Father, calls upon the Ordinaries of Italy so that they may communicate to the Superiors of the houses of female religious in their respective dioceses the following injunctions of this Sacred Congregation, confirmed by His Holiness in audience this day:
“a) In all schools, academies, recreation centers, Sunday schools, and laboratories directed by female religious, not to be admitted from now on are those girls who do not observe in their attire the rules of modesty and Christian decency.
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“b) To this end, the superiors themselves will be obliged to exercise a close supervision and exclude peremptorily from the schools and projects of their institutions those pupils who do not conform to these prescriptions.
“c) They must not be influenced in this by any human respect, either for material considerations or by reason of the social prestige and of the families of their pupils, even though the student body should diminish in number.
“d) Furthermore, the Sisters, in fulfillment of their educational pursuits, must endeavor to inculcate sweetly and strongly in their pupils the love and relish for holy modesty, the sign and guardian of purity and delicate adornment of womankind.”
Sadly, many of these Sisters and Religious Orders did not realize that it was the athletic exercises and sports themselves that were stripping womankind of the precious jewel of modesty. Such warning were in most cases unheeded, and the craze for sports and exercise pushed forward.
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When sports for women were first introduced in schools, even if the competitions consisted only in games among girls of the same school, it did not take long for them to extend to competitions between schools, and eventually public sporting events, as history has clearly shown.
Now then, the Catholic Church in some instances wisely discouraged public performances for women because of the danger to modesty. Let us mention some of these valiant efforts to turn back the tide of women’s sports:
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin John Charles (1940-1972), a prominent Irish clergyman, strongly opposed women’s athletics, and especially condemned those who participated in mixed athletic competitions to be “un-Irish and un-Catholic.”
Even before he became Dublin’s most notorious Archbishop, Fr. McQuaid, then president of Blackrock College, wrote to newspapers to rally support for a ban on women competing in sport, saying:
“The Christian modesty of girls must be, in a special way, safeguarded, for it is supremely unbecoming that they should flaunt themselves and display themselves before the eyes of all.”
The 1930 Letter of the Congregation of the Council, “Exhortation to those in Authority,” confirmed Archbishop McQuaid’s stance, stating:
“3. Let parents keep their daughters away from public gymnastic games and contests; but if their daughters are compelled to attend such exhibitions, let them see that they are fully and modestly dressed. Let them never permit their daughters to don immodest garb.
“4. Superioresses and teachers in schools for girls must do their utmost to instill love of modesty in the hearts of maidens confided to their care and urge them to dress modestly.”
As we can see, there are already concessions to the modern notions of sports for women by allowing that it could be possible to take part “in such exhibitions,” given the impossible condition that the girls be modestly clad…
Again in 1930 the Holy Pontiff addressed Catholics through the Acta Apostolicae Sedis:
“In athletic sports and exercises, wherein the Christian modesty of girls must be, in a special way, safeguarded, it is supremely unbecoming that they flaunt themselves and display themselves before the eyes of all.”
Once again we see a very weak statement instead of a strong condemnation of women taking part in sports and calisthenics. No one seemed to foresee the dam bursting in a very short time as the Feminist Movement clamored for more and more rights of equality for women. Instead of making a strong resistance to that growing tide of immodesty and the masculinization of women, we had Vatican II, which brought the opening of the Cathoic Church to the modern world, which translated in the world of women's sports into a new spirit of openness, equality and immodesty.
Women at the Olympics in 1928
We can understand that the start of women’s sports competitions was not so innocent as many think by looking at this team of women who competed for the first time in gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
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The Olympic games had officially begun allowing women’s exhibitions in the 1920s, but in 1928 they made their first competitive appearance in gymnastics.
At left you see the winning Dutch women’s team. We do not see any resemblance of these women to the feminine model of the modest and dignified woman of the past. A new model emerged: young women scantily clad, proudly displaying their manly figures and muscled bodies to the public view.
As time progressed, the Olympics committee would boast that sport is one of the most powerful platforms for promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls.
During World War II while the men were off fighting, women’s sports gained prominence particularly in America. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed as a patriotic contribution to the “Rosie the Riveter” propaganda. Thus, Americans could still watch their cherished professional sports even without men.
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In 1972, the equal rights movement achieved passage of Title IX of the Education Amendment, a federal law that recognized a woman’s “right” to participate in sports on an equal basis with men. Feminists groups such as the National Organization for Women fought hard to ensure that Title IX was implemented in its full degree ensuring the rights of women and applying it very broadly in all aspects of a woman’s education.
And thus we come to the state of the modern world, in which even traditional Catholic school girls are being encouraged to participate in “jog-a-thons” to raise money for their schools. To even suggest that girls should not take part in sports is considered lunacy.
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Everywhere today girls – even in the lowest grade levels – are seen running around, scantily clad in unseemly positions, competing with little boys, and showing off their physical prowess and strength on the jungle gyms. Modesty has been forgotten, looked upon as a vintage item of the past to scoff at and ridicule. The most important thing is to be “in shape” in order to be as strong and agile as the boys.
It is our firm conviction that the introduction of women’s physical education into the school curriculum played a role in forming this revolutionary mentality. The young women and girls who became accustomed to immodest clothing in their gymnasium classes – we include here shorts and t-shirts – were well-prepared to adopt the mini-skirts, tight blue jeans and bikinis of the 1960s.
As we showed in the first article, following the principle of gradualism, the old standards of modesty were abandoned, even in good Catholic homes, and new morals appeared that gradually allowed the almost complete nudity, openly provocative dress, manly clothing and attitudes that almost all women have adopted today.
Lesbianism, the logical end of feminism in women’s sports
Let us go a step further in the analysis. The revolution in clothing is just one consequence of the enormous push to introduce physical education into schools. A more subtle, but no less important result of women entering competitive sports was the masculine ways of being adopted by women. Aggressive behavior, shouting and cursing, sitting cross legged or with the legs spread, all this and more were taken up by the modern girl in sports.
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That is to say, she came to lose her feminine spirit: the sweet demureness, the modest bearing and speech that had always defined the feminine sex gradually began to disappear. The manly way of speaking, acting and bearing oneself became the new ideal for the modern manly woman.
Is it any wonder that such women would eventually be attracted to lesbianism? In the words of radical feminist Ti Grace Atkinson, “feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice.”
If we look today at the countless number of young girls being persuaded that they are ‘lesbian’, can we fail to recognize some of the key factors that have led to such confusion? When girls are put in sports, encouraged to be aggressive, and scorned when they are not strong, how could they not be confused about what it means to be a woman?
The weaker sex is no longer protected because she is expected to take care of herself, and even defend herself. Girls grow up looking at other girl’s shaped figures in the pools, gyms and changing rooms, images that the Devil uses to tempt them to impure thoughts. And on account of these impure thoughts brought about through immodesty, especially in sports, some girls start to think that they are attracted to other girls.
It was a shock to the world on May 1, 1981, when the popular tennis champion Billie Jean King publicly declared that she was “gay.” Today, it is common knowledge that a good majority of the a athletes on college and professional women’s sports teams are lesbians. Even the high school lockers are filled with girls who proudly call themselves “gay.”
Parents, beware: This is the end the Revolution had in sight when it first introduced women’s physical education. Have no doubt that Satan, the head of the Revolution, seeks to ensnare your daughters, too.
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To be continued
Physical education classes for girls in the early 1900s - already immodest positions
Although these initial classes were restricted to womanlike movements and simple exercises without immodest positions, the very idea of physical education began to breed a new mentality in women that adopted the notion that education necessarily included physical exercise for the body.
Tendentially, girls were being prepared to participate in sports, just like the boys. This trend for the physical education of women spread throughout the whole world.
It was not long before physical education classes were even included in Catholic schools run by nuns, who were afraid to appear to be behind the times. Common activities included modified gymnastics, dancing, tennis, and even field hockey.
In Ireland, the Catholic schools tended to prefer dancing – considered to be a good form of exercise that taught elegance – as opposed to the more aggressive sports, though the latter were still often played in some schools.
One should not be surprised that the girls became obsessed with the games, especially as they became competitive with awards given for girls who achieved the best athletic feats. Sports games became the central activity for many of the schools; at times teachers complained that the sports were all the girls would talk about.
Clearly immodest exercises for women, 1899
In such environments, concessions to immodesty are easily made for the sake of convenience and athletic achievement. Indeed, the problem became grave enough that in 1928 a Letter from the Congregation for Religious was written, exhorting the nuns to exclude girls from any sports or gymnastics who were not being modest:
Carshalton convent school in 1907, gymnastics exercises
“In order to confront a danger which, by spreading, becomes ever more grave, this Sacred Congregation, by order of the Holy Father, calls upon the Ordinaries of Italy so that they may communicate to the Superiors of the houses of female religious in their respective dioceses the following injunctions of this Sacred Congregation, confirmed by His Holiness in audience this day:
“a) In all schools, academies, recreation centers, Sunday schools, and laboratories directed by female religious, not to be admitted from now on are those girls who do not observe in their attire the rules of modesty and Christian decency.
Short skirts & sleeveless jumpsuits creep into Catholic schools
“c) They must not be influenced in this by any human respect, either for material considerations or by reason of the social prestige and of the families of their pupils, even though the student body should diminish in number.
“d) Furthermore, the Sisters, in fulfillment of their educational pursuits, must endeavor to inculcate sweetly and strongly in their pupils the love and relish for holy modesty, the sign and guardian of purity and delicate adornment of womankind.”
Sadly, many of these Sisters and Religious Orders did not realize that it was the athletic exercises and sports themselves that were stripping womankind of the precious jewel of modesty. Such warning were in most cases unheeded, and the craze for sports and exercise pushed forward.
Girls basketballs team 1932, already scanty pantaloons & tops
Girls soccer team 1939, shorts were the next step
1950s women’s soccer team with short shorts
Now then, the Catholic Church in some instances wisely discouraged public performances for women because of the danger to modesty. Let us mention some of these valiant efforts to turn back the tide of women’s sports:
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin John Charles (1940-1972), a prominent Irish clergyman, strongly opposed women’s athletics, and especially condemned those who participated in mixed athletic competitions to be “un-Irish and un-Catholic.”
Even before he became Dublin’s most notorious Archbishop, Fr. McQuaid, then president of Blackrock College, wrote to newspapers to rally support for a ban on women competing in sport, saying:
“The Christian modesty of girls must be, in a special way, safeguarded, for it is supremely unbecoming that they should flaunt themselves and display themselves before the eyes of all.”
The 1930 Letter of the Congregation of the Council, “Exhortation to those in Authority,” confirmed Archbishop McQuaid’s stance, stating:
“3. Let parents keep their daughters away from public gymnastic games and contests; but if their daughters are compelled to attend such exhibitions, let them see that they are fully and modestly dressed. Let them never permit their daughters to don immodest garb.
“4. Superioresses and teachers in schools for girls must do their utmost to instill love of modesty in the hearts of maidens confided to their care and urge them to dress modestly.”
As we can see, there are already concessions to the modern notions of sports for women by allowing that it could be possible to take part “in such exhibitions,” given the impossible condition that the girls be modestly clad…
Again in 1930 the Holy Pontiff addressed Catholics through the Acta Apostolicae Sedis:
“In athletic sports and exercises, wherein the Christian modesty of girls must be, in a special way, safeguarded, it is supremely unbecoming that they flaunt themselves and display themselves before the eyes of all.”
Once again we see a very weak statement instead of a strong condemnation of women taking part in sports and calisthenics. No one seemed to foresee the dam bursting in a very short time as the Feminist Movement clamored for more and more rights of equality for women. Instead of making a strong resistance to that growing tide of immodesty and the masculinization of women, we had Vatican II, which brought the opening of the Cathoic Church to the modern world, which translated in the world of women's sports into a new spirit of openness, equality and immodesty.
Women at the Olympics in 1928
We can understand that the start of women’s sports competitions was not so innocent as many think by looking at this team of women who competed for the first time in gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
Women gymnastics team, first time at 1928 Olympics
At left you see the winning Dutch women’s team. We do not see any resemblance of these women to the feminine model of the modest and dignified woman of the past. A new model emerged: young women scantily clad, proudly displaying their manly figures and muscled bodies to the public view.
As time progressed, the Olympics committee would boast that sport is one of the most powerful platforms for promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls.
During World War II while the men were off fighting, women’s sports gained prominence particularly in America. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed as a patriotic contribution to the “Rosie the Riveter” propaganda. Thus, Americans could still watch their cherished professional sports even without men.
Basketball team at a Catholic girls high school, same immodest suits & postures as at the public schools
And thus we come to the state of the modern world, in which even traditional Catholic school girls are being encouraged to participate in “jog-a-thons” to raise money for their schools. To even suggest that girls should not take part in sports is considered lunacy.
From young ages, girls learn to display their bodies without reserve
It is our firm conviction that the introduction of women’s physical education into the school curriculum played a role in forming this revolutionary mentality. The young women and girls who became accustomed to immodest clothing in their gymnasium classes – we include here shorts and t-shirts – were well-prepared to adopt the mini-skirts, tight blue jeans and bikinis of the 1960s.
As we showed in the first article, following the principle of gradualism, the old standards of modesty were abandoned, even in good Catholic homes, and new morals appeared that gradually allowed the almost complete nudity, openly provocative dress, manly clothing and attitudes that almost all women have adopted today.
Lesbianism, the logical end of feminism in women’s sports
Let us go a step further in the analysis. The revolution in clothing is just one consequence of the enormous push to introduce physical education into schools. A more subtle, but no less important result of women entering competitive sports was the masculine ways of being adopted by women. Aggressive behavior, shouting and cursing, sitting cross legged or with the legs spread, all this and more were taken up by the modern girl in sports.
Famous lesbian sports players become the models for girls; below, even boxing is opened to women
Is it any wonder that such women would eventually be attracted to lesbianism? In the words of radical feminist Ti Grace Atkinson, “feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice.”
If we look today at the countless number of young girls being persuaded that they are ‘lesbian’, can we fail to recognize some of the key factors that have led to such confusion? When girls are put in sports, encouraged to be aggressive, and scorned when they are not strong, how could they not be confused about what it means to be a woman?
The weaker sex is no longer protected because she is expected to take care of herself, and even defend herself. Girls grow up looking at other girl’s shaped figures in the pools, gyms and changing rooms, images that the Devil uses to tempt them to impure thoughts. And on account of these impure thoughts brought about through immodesty, especially in sports, some girls start to think that they are attracted to other girls.
It was a shock to the world on May 1, 1981, when the popular tennis champion Billie Jean King publicly declared that she was “gay.” Today, it is common knowledge that a good majority of the a athletes on college and professional women’s sports teams are lesbians. Even the high school lockers are filled with girls who proudly call themselves “gay.”
Parents, beware: This is the end the Revolution had in sight when it first introduced women’s physical education. Have no doubt that Satan, the head of the Revolution, seeks to ensnare your daughters, too.
Alyssa, at right, is dating DeWanna, center, who used to be married to Candice; Natisha, at left, is engaged with Jasmine: This is the women basketball association, where romances among teammates & league rivals are commonplace
Posted June 7, 2024
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