Sexism: Summer Olympic sports where men are barred from competing

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Summer Olympic sports where men are barred from competing

The London Games are a celebration of equality. For the first time, women will compete in all 26 sports, including boxing. It's not total equality — women still compete in 30 fewer events than men — but it's part of a larger trend towards gender equity on sports' global stage.

So what happens if you're a male athlete that feels discriminated against, based on gender?

According to Belinda Goldsmith of Reuters, there are two sports in which men are shut out of competition in which women compete for medals:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olymp...here-men-barred-competing-213734571--oly.html

sexism?
 
FN FS2000 said:
I'd love to see an Olympics where there is no gender barrier. Men and women on the same team or competing against each other in the same event.
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Nice and happy but not practical. In the matter of intelligence there is no reason to discriminate or make a difference. But in sheer physical prowess, men win, it's pretty much a fact, overall and based on averages, men are more beefy.
 
Disillusioned said:
Nice and happy but not practical. In the matter of intelligence there is no reason to discriminate or make a difference. But in sheer physical prowess, men win, it's pretty much a fact, overall and based on averages, men are more beefy.
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True, but are you saying that women cannot compete with men in feats of strength? They may be rare but Olympic athletes aren't exactly a common sight already. It's not like people, men or women, who couldn't make the cut would be put on the team.
 
FN FS2000 said:
True, but are you saying that women cannot compete with men in feats of strength? They may be rare but Olympic athletes aren't exactly a common sight already. It's not like people, men or women, who couldn't make the cut would be put on the team.
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My point is that it's an unfair competition. A strong woman might be as fit as an average man, but you get a seriously athletic guy and seriously athletic woman, its pretty much no contest. And olympic athletes, male or female are going to be seriously fit, it's about an even playing field and this wouldn't be one. No matter how un-PC it is
 
Disillusioned said:
My point is that it's an unfair competition. A strong woman might be as fit as an average man, but you get a seriously athletic guy and seriously athletic woman, its pretty much no contest. And olympic athletes, male or female are going to be seriously fit, it's about an even playing field and this wouldn't be one. No matter how un-PC it is
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Well then women wouldn't make the team. It's not a matter of PC. If they were not up to the task they would not be on the team.
 
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