Answer by Johnny3h. Confidence votes 7.8K. Meaning of the term COM in Electrical Wiring Diagrams Usually, that is an abbreviation for the word, Common which means the return side of all, or almost all, components, which are connected to this common point or series of points all connected together.
So girls are allowed to play boys sports if they're skilled enough to compete -- as a few are in wrestling, football and baseball -- but boys can only play girls sports if they're not good enough to excel. That's not what equality means.
There are 10.6 million girls between the ages of 6 and 17 who play a sport at least once a year, compared to 16.5 million boys (SFIA, 2012). As adults, the gender gap is more pronounced: 35% of men say they play sports, while only 16% of women say the same thing (RWJF/Harvard/NPR).n the United States, sports are widely recognized as a tool of child development and health promotion, with 75% of parents of children in middle or high school saying they encourage participation (National Public Radio /Harvard University/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2015).