Hope on Hold

New Yorkers wait on policies, funding and luck that could change their lives.

Girls Wrestle Sports Stereotype

A simple Google search into men's and women's wrestling shows how differently the sport is perceived according to the sex. Men are portrayed as strong competitive athletes while women, in majority, are depicted in erotic and provocative positions. Girls wrestling coach, Cheryl Wong, holds practices for high school girls who dream to wrestle professionally but have had their hopes shattered by parents, friends and society who have tried to make them believe that wrestling is not for women.