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Is it acceptable to have co-educational swimming?
at my daughters school ,(9th grade) in PE there will be a swim unit and boys and girls have it together? Why is this allowed? Wouldn't this make girls feel uncomfortable, being in a bathing suit around boys. Wouldn't boys use this opportunity to harass or humilate girls
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I'm in 9th grade like your daughter and we are in a swimming unit right now. It is awkward being around boys like that, but our school lets the girls wear shorts over their bathing suit and even a t-shirt if we feel uncomfortable. See if your daughter's school allows this, and if not suggest it because it definitely minimizes the discomfort. As for harassment, I feel that at this age, most of the boys in my gym class are pretty mature and don't make us feel uncomfortable. Also, my gym teacher gave everyone a warning about that subject before we started the unit. He said that if someone makes us feel uncomfortable at any time in the unit, we should tell him and that person will be in trouble. I would call your daughter's school if you are really concerned and mention what I have talked about, but in all honesty the worst part about the swimming unit is having to get into the water during school. And as others have mentioned, at public pools girls are around boys in, often times, very skimpy bathing suits, so it really isn't that big of a deal. Hope I helped!
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As a parent myself I feel you are way over thinking the situation.
First girls of this age spend most of their summers at the community pools in bathing suits. The purpose of which is to attract boys. In school the bathing suit they will need for swim class will be far more modest then what they would wear, if allowed, to the community pool.
As for boys harassing the girls; not a chance. This class will have both the boys and girls physical education teachers there to both teach and monitor the class. I don't know how it was for the girls but for the boys the most feared teacher(s) in the school was the gym teacher and specifically the football coach.
Boys may tease or even harass girls in any other class. In this class with their gym teacher there. If they value their lives, poetically speaking, they wouldn't dare get out of line.
If your daughter is voicing concerns about taking a coed swim class then you have a better reason to be concerned. I would then suggest to you that you then speak to the school principal about an alternative class she could take for that credit.
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Let me give you advice coming from a senior guy in high school. I'm not in P.E. nor have I taken it since 7th grade but I think your being waaaaaaaay to overprotective. I mean really, she is probably around 14-15 years old and if she is actually worked about being in a swim suit around guys in her swim class, she is( pardon my French) screwed socially for years to come. I also swam on a swim team from age 5 to 14 and I can asure you the only reason anyone would "harass" or humiliate her is if she is rediculously overweight or a lousy swimmer, being that your daughter has some sort of sociability talking talking to guys. Also, guys won't say anything to her face, girls are much meaner at that age. But if your going to listen anything I just said, take this advice. Maybe it will give your daughter a chance to interact with the opposite sex in a safe environment(does she go to an all girl school?), it's allowed probably because the school she goes to doesn't see it as a serious problem because it really isn't, I am not a girl nor have I ever been but I doubt( seeing as she isn't overweight) she will have a huge issue being in a swim suit around guys, and no, unless all of the freshmen boys are immature fucks who act like they are 7, they probably won't verbally harass your daughter.(. Sorry to go on a rant here, this is by far the most ridiculous thing I have heard someone complain about in a while and I think it is great that you care so much about your daughter's well being like every mother should but you crossed the line between parenting and being overprotective here, and please ignore my terrible grammar).
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I don't find that acceptable. In my 9th and 10th grade PE. We were divided. 9th and 10th girls togther, and 9th and 10th boys together. Then 11th and 12th was co-ed.
As a parent you have a right to fight for this, I would go to the school board about this and fight it.
Edited October 29 @ 12:22AM: Excuse me.. this is a silly answer? I don't know what you expected as an answer.. I just outright told you in the first sentence that it I don't find that acceptable...
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