More fields and gyms and equipment are needed if more players are to play. But parents of both boys and girls have a natural stake in affording that investment. And when they do, everyone grows together. The girls get stronger and more athletic. The boys see competition as natural, and not simply a macho display.
Inclusion leads to growth.
Moreover, the women proved once again how our nation benefits when we open the doors of opportunity. Our women won because of a government policy to enforce equal opportunity and affirmative action. Other countries, even China, fell behind because they don t afford women equal treatment. It is fitting that this team a triumph of affirmative action won the World Cup in California, the state of Proposition 209 that seeks to outlaw affirmative action. Nothing gives greater lie to the mean spirited attempt to reverse our civil rights laws than the triumph of this team of American women.