FK " The Gloves are Off: Women's boxing Rights: U.S VS Sweden" 9/27/20

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  Hello reader, I am a 9th grader at GCE Lab School. This was my unit 2 action project for my SDG’s ( Sustainable development goals) class. For this project I was assigned to write an essay on gender equality. There are many subtopics that fall under this such as, the wage gap, women's Health rights, gender stereotypes and domesticity, and women's athletics. I chose to do women's athletics specifically women's boxing. I was also assigned to compare and contrast the United States to another country of my choosing. The country I chose to compare contrast was Sweden. After getting an interview with a professional female boxer and many hours of research this the final product.




The Gloves are Off:Women’s Boxing Rights:

U.S VS Sweden 


Men's boxing has been an official sport for 340  years. Women's boxing has only been a sport for 144. In this essay I will be discussing Women's boxing rights, in the US compared to Sweden.  The first official women's boxing “ match was between Nell Saunders and Rose Harland.” ( WNYC news)      


I got an interview with  Elizabeth Kerin who was a boxer on the U.S team just ten years after the ban on women's boxing was lifted in the U.S. She also participated in an international boxing match 9 years after the ban on international women’s boxing was lifted. “ In 2003 I won the US championship title and made the US team. I was on the U.S team from 2003 to 2004” (Elizabeth Kerin). The next big win for women's boxing in America was in 2011 “ Women’s boxing is included in the Pan American Games for the first time.” ( WNYC news)   This event was very important because the Pan American Games are a sort of pre - Olympic set of games, implying that women's boxing would make an appearance at the following summer Olympics. In which it did, women’s boxing made its debut at the 2012 Olympics as an exhibition sport.  


Well the U.S lifting the ban on women's boxing is  a historical  milestone, it is not the first country to allow women to box in amateur fights. The first country to allow this was Sweden. In 1988 “ Sweden became the first country to lift a ban on women’s amateur boxing” (WNYC news). The Swedish Amateur Boxing Association arranged matches and events for women in 1988. These events lead to Britain's Amateur Boxing Association to  have a women's boxing match. This match was between two sixteen-year-old's one named Susan MacGregor and the other named Joanne Cawthorne. This fight intrigued the International Boxing Association, which then granted the first woman’s European Cup. " women’s boxing would not be openly sanctioned until 1988, when matches were organized by the Swedish Amateur Boxing Association. (Jones, Tom)


Now, let's compare. Well the U.S may have eventually granted women similar rights as men in boxing, but it took several years and it still has a long way to go. Sweden has done better equalizing men and women in this sport. Well the U.S may currently have the most female boxers. Sweden’s female match in 1988 led to the world's first female European Cup, granting similar rights to all female European boxers. 


This essay was on  women's boxing rights in Sweden compared to the U.S.  After interviewing an actual female professional boxer, and many hours of research I have come to the conclusion that Sweden better equalizes men and women in boxing. 




Bibliography:

  “ A History of Women's Boxing ” WNYC news 28 January. 2012 

https://www.wnyc.org/story/183864-history-womens-boxing/. accessed 27 October, 2020 


Jones, Tom. The Rise of the Female Boxer.  NY Fights, 25 October, 2019  

https://nyfights.com/worldwide/the-rise-of-the-female-boxer-2/. accessed 27 October, 2020  


“ In 2003 I won the US championship title and made the US team. I was on the U.S team from 2003 to 2004”  personal interview. Kerin, Elizabeth. 27 October, 2020


























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