First of all I want to say I am writing this column, to prove that Women have a place in the wrestling world and it can be and should be the same as any man's. The commentators on the two major shows of WWE have all shown hints of sexism at one time or another. The most obvious commentator to show sexist views is Jerry Lawler; as to Jerry, all women seem to be is T & A.

During The Bashams and Shaniqua vs Too Cool 2-on-3 Match (at No Way Out 2004), Tazz was saying first of all that the advantage doesn't necessarily go to either team, but in ANY other situation he would say that the 3 person team would have the advantage, also he said that Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty's tactics should be to keep Shaniqua in the ring and weaken her down because she is a woman!

On a Smackdown this year during Rene Dupree vs Torrie Wilson, Michael Cole said the most sexist of all comments, he said that this match isn't fair because Rene Dupree is in there wrestling a woman---like it is some big deal.

At Armageddon 2003 one of the matches was battle of the sexes, Y2J and Christian vs Trish Stratus and Lita, and JR said that this was an unfair situation. I want to know why" There are two people on each team, and they are all experienced wrestlers, but oh wait, it has to be unfair because Trish Stratus and Lita are women--- by the way I am being sarcastic!

I looked on the WWE parents website the other day and I noticed the ratings for each of the TV Shows that they do and under the "Violence" section this quote is listed "Male characters may body-slam female opponents in the ring, and vice-versa" and.... what is the big problem, it's just like the pathetic age old saying of "A boy can't hit a girl", I accept this saying but not in the way that everyone else thinks, if a boy can't hit a girl, then a boy can't hit a boy, and a girl can't hit a girl and a girl can't hit a boy, I mean does sexual equality mean nothing to some people. I can understand the censors of wwe programming censoring violent shots to the head with weapons, but men acting aggressive towards women (e.g. Luther reigns dragging Torrie by the arm) getting censored is pathetic, if they do that then why aren't slaps to the face censored when female wrestlers or female WWE personalities do it to men"

I actually have experienced hearing some of this sexism, when I went to a live event in Newcastle, England, Nidia came down to the ring ready to wrestle her ex-boyfriend Jamie Noble, and a woman in front of me seemed frightened that "that man" was going to face "that woman" until someone reassured her that it was ok because the man would be in a blindfold. I mean what the hell is that about" That's pretty much a woman being sexist against women, it made no sense to me but I refrained from voicing my opinion towards her (after all I didn't know her). Also I was watching Armageddon 2003 with two of my mates and it turned out that the Battle of The Sexes Match was coming up and one of my friends just yelled out at the television "PUFFS" pointing at Christian and Chris Jericho, so I said to him (knowing full well why he said it)"why did you say that"" and yet again sexism reared its ugly head as he said something along the lines of boy's can't hit girls, and boys who do hit girls are puffs! I knew full well the superstars that my friend liked and so I started saying to him, Is Undertaker a puff" Is Kurt Angle a puff" etc... and he didn't say anything, so I reminded him of their matches against/involving Chyna, to which he had no reply.

I have nothing against T&A, there is room for it in the WWE but when good female wrestlers are looked over in favour of T&A Divas it is irritating, I mean if people can remember back a bit, on wwe.com there was a story about fans complaining that we weren't seeing Stacy Keibler on television enough, were they complaining that Molly Holly wasn't being used enough, no they were more bothered about Wrestling's #1 Cheerleader.

In the Smackdown Here Comes The Pain Game, sexism yet again runs rampant; females cannot bleed and females are not available for selection in season mode, I have voiced my opinion on these two aspects of the game to my friends and I have had comments from two of my friends on this, one of my friends has said that playing as women in Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain Game is for girls, oh so does that mean that I shouldn't be Victoria and whip Steven Richards ass in a match" Another one of my friends says I am sadistic wanting women to bleed, so I explained to him my views and said that If men Bleed why don't women" Either both genders should have bleeding capabilities or neither gender should have bleeding capabilities, to which he said something about Women being the weaker sex and that I shouldn't want women to bleed, to which I said, if THQ are trying to make the game as realistic as possible then why don't women bleed, I mean males and females both produce blood. In a Hardcore match after a while of kicking ass against a male opponent they will start to bleed from the face, you can kick ass on a female opponent all you want and they will NEVER bleed, it makes for boring and unrealistic game play. Unfortunately I hear that women will STILL not bleed in Smackdown 6 or whatever it's gonna be called.

I know people criticize her about not being that good a wrestler, Chyna is in my mind without a shadow of a doubt the greatest female personality/character in wrestling ever, she was kicking guys asses left and right around 1999/2000 and proving that women can go toe to toe with man and still have a decent match/storyline/feud, which is why it surprised me when I was looking through a few of my wrestling books and found out that Chyna had been pretty much told that she had gone as far as she was gonna go in wrestling and that she would NEVER become WWE Champion, I mean how perfect would that have been" Vince McMahon is amazing at being groundbreaking and controversial, and Chyna becoming WWE Champion would fit in that criteria, she would have been the first ever female to become WWE Champion along with her other outstanding accomplishments, first ever/only ever women in KOTR, first ever/only ever women allowed in the royal rumble and last but not least the first ever/only ever women to become Intercontinental Champion. I was happy when Jacqueline won the Cruiserweight Title, because I thought that WWE were taking a step back into the right direction, but, no they weren't, the Chavo/Jacqueline feud wasn't built up and it made Jacqueline look weak when she lost it after 2 weeks being the shortest reigning Cruiserweight Champion in ages, and it made Chavo look weak too after losing to a wrestler that hasn't wrestled a full schedule in like the past year.

Having read nearly all of my article now you will probably be thinking that I am happy that there is a women's title, well not necessarily, I am happy with it because it means that women wrestlers will still be recognised and will still be there. I am not happy with it, because, there isn't much point of a women's title, there isn't a man's title, in that sense it is a pointless title. The only true possible grand slam at the moment would be a female cruiserweight (all WWE females are eligible) that wins all titles on one brand and then switches and wins all the titles on the opposing brand.

I will finish by listing certain matches that are Male orientated and turn them into female versions, as I wish to witness them one day;

� Iron Woman Match
� Queen Of The Ring
� Hell (hath no fury like a women's scorn) In A Cell (bad joke there)
� LumberJackie (another bad joke there)

by Glenn Turner..