TEXT FOR ORAL TEST (BOYS PREFER SPORTS, GIRLS

PREFER CLOTHES. HOW TRUE THIS STATEMENT?)

Assalamualaikum and very good morning to my beloved teacher, Pn.

Norlilawati bt Md. Noor, our guest for today, En Abd. Aziz and to all my fellow
friends, boys and girls. Today I stand before you just to give my opinion about
‘boys prefer sports, girls prefer clothes. How true this statement?’ So, sit back my
friends, listen and have fun on the amusing yet meaningful lines slowly presented
for intelligent minds.

If we were to consider the young people of, say, fifty years ago the
statement would be undeniably true. In those days, sports was a predominantly
male pursuit. The girl were consider with the fairer sex and they were more
concerned with how they look. Thus the preference for beautiful clothes.

Nowadays this statement is no longer true. There are as many games for
girls as they are for boys. With the exception of some games like rugger and
cricket, girls participate in almost that boys play. In athelics we see girls
performing just as well as the boys, some even better. They jump run, throw and
generally enjoy the sporting event as much as the boys. In fact, some girl are
aggressive and highly competitive. I have seen girls elbowing one another in the
basketball game, uttering unmentionable words when angry and shouting
themselves hoarse cheering or jeering the participants. So much for the myth
that girls are weaker and not-sport loving. They definitely revel in sport, with the
exceptions. Anyway we can say the same for some of the boys too. Not all of
them love sport.

This female participation in sport has led some previously unheard-of-

phenomena. For example, this female participants in some international sport
meets may have to undergo a sex test. Imagine, a girl has to prove that she is a
bodies have no choice but to conduct such test. If we look at some of the female
athletes today, we would sympathies with the sport bodies. Some of the girl are
built more like men! It reflects on the extremes some countries go to just to
produce medal-winning athletes. It is kind of madness.

On the subject of clothes and fashion, we find that it is no longer a female

domain. Boys love fancy clothes and the latest fashion just as much girls.
Departmental stores have sections devoted specially for the male. We have boys
and men who are so label-conscious that they will not touch the “inferior” stuff.
They could gladly spend hundreds of dollars for an in-style outfit just to impress
their peers. Clothes has become a means to gauge the status and the
acceptability of a person. Faded blue jeans are in with certain groups while
outrageous “new-wave” fashion has grippes others. In the fifties it was the teddy
boys look. Then the hippies took over. After that, the types of clothes and fashion
have proliferated beyond imagination. Now it is impossible for an average person
to keep up with every bit of development.

If we ask who the people responsible for such preoccupation with clothes
are we can only point our fingers at the fashion designers and trend-setters, And
who are these people who can sway the rest of the world? They are
predominantly male. Designers, pop singers and other trend-setters are mostly
male. In fact the famous Boy George has been voted as one of the best-dressed
woman! It goes to show that our values are undergoing drastic changes.

Apart from this increasing female indigence in sport and male indigence in
clothes, it can be said that there are still some who subscribe to the old belief that
boys prefer sport and girls prefer clothes. This belief is slowly eroded away. The
day will come when boys and girls will participate together in all kinds of pursuits
without obvious preference. Unisex saloons, women soccer, male models are
modern developments all pointing to the changing values of society.

That’s all my opinion. Thank you all for listening attentively.