"When I was in grade school and wrestling, the sexism was insane from teammates, opponents, and parents."

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"What bothered me and what continues to bother me is that at my school, the women were better than the men. They had more accolades in basketball. They had won the conference more times, and yet the men's basketball team was treated like royalty. Our men's baseball team was treated like royalty, and they were the laughing stock of their own conference. I'm still pissed that no one knew that the USA women's water polo team was undefeated for 3 Olympics until 2025, but no one knows that. Thank god for Flavor Flav, he's the only man that has ever given me hope in supporting and celebrating women's sports."—Anonymous 

"It didn't seem like the other cheerleaders were pissed about being handed this very sexist task, but when I raised my hand and notified everyone that I would absolutely not be making treats for the football team, and if they needed a cookie to win the big game, they could make it their damn selves. I also told the cheer advisor that I felt bad for her. After that, the 'tradition' of the cheerleaders making treats for the starting lineup and decorating their lockers each game day was discontinued. Fuck that shit!"—Anonymous 

"Our coach makes the boys do more mileage than we do, and when we try to increase our mileage, he tells us to be careful, something he never tells the boys. I’ve heard them make weird sexual jokes, none directed towards the rest of the team or me, but weird nonetheless. One kid keeps posting weird things on Instagram; it makes me mad, and the rest of the girls are uncomfortable. Our coach follows him, and nothing has been done about it. I have bad period cramps, but I won’t tell my coach because he'll make me do easy runs for a week, or even tell me to take a break."—floatingcrab397

"My ex wasn't there to stick up for me, and the couple of others I was better friends with also didn't say anything against the other guys. Lost respect for them right there. Since they all paid to play, and that would cost my boss money, I quit. I was furious and wanted to punch them all right in the face. I ended up going to the rink 40 miles south the next week to check out their game. They were shocked at what happened in my own rink. (Again, all guys.) I had a great time playing with them and eventually got recruited to play with the Sunday morning crowd, which was even better. A dozen or so years later, it still pisses me off so much. It'll pop into my mind a few times a year, and I'm always shocked at how much it still hurts."—stefaniew4e6d10de7

"A couple of days later, he asked if I wanted to get a few players together, and he would provide the food for us to make sandwiches before games. Needless to say, we did because free food was free food, even if we had to make the sandwiches ourselves. We didn't' get steak, but those sandwiches meant everything to us. The cafeteria manager took it upon himself to help women's' sports. I later earned a scholarship and didn't work in the cafeteria anymore, but the manager always let our softball team make sandwiches to take on our road trips from then on."—Anonymous 

"We also received the implicit message that we weren't capable of racing the same distance as the guys on a weekly basis. Pretty lousy, considering we had been doing that in high school with no problem. So it was like a step back."—Anonymous 

Responses have been edited for length/clarity.