Gender separated phys. education school classes

[shootingstar]

For me, PE was co-ed in grammar school (late 50's-early 60's). In junior high, we were segregated from the boys. Good thing, too, because we had to wear these horrible blue gym suits . We had to wear these through high school as well. I was in both Colorado and Alabama in high school. Two states, same gym suit. No wonder girls didn't want to play sports back then! Not that we could. This was way before Title IX.

Those were the days...

Girls wore those gymsuits too, except they had a front zipper and did not have a cinched in waistline. Kinda like a blue zippered tube sack that was sleevless also. (Another requirement...shaving starts then for girls, right?) I felt so self-conscious because my mother sewed mine and hence, it was a different shade of blue. The gymsuit uniform was abandoned after Gr. 9 at our high school. But during Gr. 7-8, girls also had to make sure our white running shoes were clean looking..if not, white shoe polish. Can you imagine, on running shoes???? What was the rationale for that? Must be a throwback from military thinking or whatever.