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Can you name one physical activity in which females can compete with males? Are there any gender neutral pro sports leagues?

• ericedge 11y ago
  Women seem especially well-adapted to the trauma spaceflight inflicts, and have better caloric efficiency, at least according to this NASA study: https://www.nasa.gov/content/men-women-spaceflight-adaptation/ https://www.nasa.gov/content/men-women-spaceflight-adaptatio...
  • omonra 11y ago
    I guess that sounds like justification to send women in space rather than put them in close form combat
    • DanBC 11y ago
      Your question was whether there are any physical activities where women can compete with men. You were given one example where women outperform men in a physical activity. Here are more details of women who had less training than men managed to outperform those men in physical activity. http://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/flats.html http://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/flats.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_13
      • omonra 11y ago
        1. I fail to see women outperforming men on this test. I see them passing the tests - same as men 2. Even if we assume that they outperformed men on the tests, it does not qualify as 'outperforming men in a physical activity'.
• mattmanser 11y ago
  That's not what I'm arguing at all and it's disingenuous to frame the argument that way. If they want the requirement to be an effective soldier is to be able to toss a pack of a certain weight to the top of a wall, then make it a training requirement and I'm sure suddenly lots of women would be able to do it. By framing this discussion as men are stronger than women, you're technically right, but it's a meaningless measure. The actual question is, can trained women be strong enough? That's what they were trying to simulate but they cheated and stacked the deck against the women. And your statement is meaningless against that measure. And the other disingenuous part of the 'tests' is that was every man in a squad able to carry a wounded man? Or did the squads just tend to volunteer the strongest person each time which by the laws of average, because men are on average stronger than women, would tend to be a man? So it's another massaged statistic.
  • omonra 11y ago
    We disagree on the following issue. You consider that someone can be trained strong 'enough'. Even if that is true (which you have no basis to claim - but we can move on), the point you are missing is that this is a competition against teams. Therefore we have to consider not whether women can be strong 'enough' but whether women can be equally strong to men (because if they are not going to be equally strong, the team with women on it would lose to all-male team). That is why the sports analogy is relevant - because the most competent women compete against most competent men. And there is no athletic sport where women stand a chance.
• brohee 11y ago
  > Are there any gender neutral pro sports leagues? Horse riding definitely neutral, so are motorsports. Possibly others skill based without speed/strength element.
  • omonra 11y ago
    Thank you. Regarding motorsports - I thought there was one woman who competed in US motorsport division (NASCAR) but didn't make it far? Are there any women who win at F1 or whatever?
• itsybitsycoder 11y ago
  Skeet shooting, which was mixed in the Olympics until a woman won, after which it was gender segregated. ;)