PEDIATRICS Vol. 78 No. 4 October 1986, pp. 718
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Girls on Boys' Teams

JOHN M. GOLDENRING MD1

1 Division of Adolescent Medicine, Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, NY 10595

To the Editor.—

I have been a long time advocate of equality for women, but recently I have come to realize that excessive zeal in that direction can go beyond the bounds of reason. I am particularly concerned with the trend in several states of court suits to force states and localities to allow teenaged girls to participate with boys in contact sports.

There is a difference physiologically between males and females. That difference is a result of the action of the male hormone, testosterone, which renders most males considerably larger and stronger than most females.