My son played freshman football last year. One of the other local teams had a girl on their team. She did not start or play until the last quarter.
When she finally came it, it changed the game since the boys had problems with more then shoves or tripping her.
I think it is dad’s living via their children and having them do sports traditionally for one sex or the other - I’d guess she does not have a brother and dad focused her into this sport - or, it is a lack of respect for others in that they have to live by their rules regardless of the game or others players feelings.
I can understand what you say. But wrestling is a one on one sport with very little politics. That is what I liked about it.
This and the fact that families are smaller, often only 1 child. I find it amusing when the Colonel-Daddy (an un-reconstructed male chauvenist in his day) gets blessed with a girl and he suddenly becomes a champion of total sexual equality so that his girl can go to a military academy & enjoy the same life he did.