nellie Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Hope you have broad shoulders to take all the remarks that is about to be posted. Shout if you need help' date=' I will bring in my back up support i.e Bobbie, Nellie, Fire, Ronelle [/quote'] Hellllooooooooooooo Sorry...a little bit late, but decided to come check what all of you peeps are up to... don't ask... what?.... why they aren't allowed to compete in the 'real' tour?In plain English cause we don't have B.A.L.L.S Well....Lance only had one....
Eldron Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 [quote=Eldron 1) The mental aspect - 30 years ago it was unheard of for women to play sport at any level other than social. Equality was bred more competitive women. OK maybe that was 1c.... women have been competing in sports at an olympic level since the start of the 1900's Agreed but the Olympics was strictly amateur only until hmmm was it '88 or '92 - somewhere around there. Back in the 60's/70's sporting events (like wimbledon) were more about glamour than about winning, male chauvanism was firmly in place etc etc. Perhaps I worded it incorrectly - what I meant was that "professional athlete" was not really an acceptable or popular vocation for a woman. Social norms etc...
Joe Low Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 The '60s and '70s were a time where serious female athletes were struggling to be taken seriously. The comment about glamour doesn't hold true at all. Below is an excerpt from an article on a watershed moment for women's sport: Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships and four U.S. Open titles. She was ranked No. 1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent players as Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Margaret Court. Yet of all her matches, the one that is remembered most is her victory against a man. That she humbled Bobby Riggs a Wimbledon champion on Sept. 20, 1973 in a match the London Sunday Times called "the drop shot and volley heard around the world." "Most important perhaps for women everywhere, she convinced skeptics that a female athlete can survive pressure-filled situations and that men are as susceptible to nerves as women," Neil Amdur wrote in The New York Times. "In the '70s we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes," she said. "We had to make it OK for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports."
AuctionLamb Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 GEESH!!! Just opend this topic...read the first page.....all good....skip to last page and people discussing Demi Moore and Jurassic Park! My opinion on the topic...it is a man's world! The woman Tour does not get much coverage and it is boring! *Gettting my coat and start to run*
Eldron Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 There is still a law in place at Wimbledon that requires all women to wear skirts - or at least skirts longer than their underwear/hotpants...It is debatable whether it is to protect the "glamour" of the sport or a male chauvanist rule... Not that glamour and professionalism are mutually exclusive concepts but articles like this probably detract from the image of professional sportswomen: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-465040/Hotpants-parade-Wimbledon-players-sell-tradition-short.html Either way I'm all for professional athletes of any description - any addition to sport makes life better for all of us (more sponsors from a broader base - greater numbers at sporting events - more sporting events - more covergae on TV etc etc). It's all good I say! Sadly the whole male/female thing is still prevalent - the ladies tour de france only started in 1984 and wasn't held in 2004 due to lack of sponsors....the men's version started in the ealr 1900's and hasn't missed a beat apart from world wars. Not quite a level playing field!
hot stuff Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Nancy' date=' if any female can keep up with those boys she'll have to look like one and be on testosterone, which last checked is illegal. The females and male racing has and always will be separate. As u should have seen the females distances are overall shorter and it's only two weeks not three. Unfortunately this is certainly one sport the boys will always be stronger than us.[/quote'] There is only one sport that male and female compete in the Olympics at the same level. Can anyone guess
Wonder Woman Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Show-jumping...where the horse does all the work
fandacious Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Figure Skating pairs where a male and female compete together on the same 'team'. Equestrian where males and females compete against each other in the same event.
Joe Low Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Well done. Some sharp people on the hub Ooh, ooh "sharp" it's a clue - lemme guess, ummm archery?
Guest Big H Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Not cycling.............................. because wimmin cannot compete at that level...... they should actualy bear children, work in the kitchen and clean the house!!!!!!!!
pastapouch Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Altwee is ewe grillerig maar die ouer man en die jong kat is meer sosiaal aanvaarbaar. What's "meer sosiaal aanvaarbaar" in Jurassic Park is not necessarily representative of social mores as a whole. Is Jurassic Park a suburb in Jo'burg???????? mmmm personally I think there is nothing "grillerig" aboutDemi Moore & Ashton Kutcher - and he is quite a few years younger than her!! Besides the fact that she is gorgeous maybe he realised that sometimes an older woman has a lot more to offer.... just wait until hes 30 and she 50... then we'll see how much she can give him, a vetrol hier , en 'n stuk selluliet daar... en 'n rimple daar.
Jackes Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Not cycling.............................. because wimmin cannot compete at that level...... they should actualy bear children' date=' work in the kitchen and clean the house!!!!!!!![/quote'] Eish, I hope you have your coat !
linnega Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Not cycling.............................. because wimmin cannot compete at that level...... they should actualy bear children' date=' work in the kitchen and clean the house!!!!!!!![/quote'] Eish, I hope you have your coat ! I think his wife will get it for him
cycleq Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 There was a woman who rode against the men in the Giro back in the 40's or 50's. I'll have to look to find her name but she was quite a character to defy the rampant chauvanism in Italy back then. She lasted until the final week I think and then was excluded for not finishing within the time. Also some women (Jeanie Longo) have competed quite successfully against men in hillclimbs and the inimitable Beryl Burton once passed the UK men's champion deep into a 100 mile TT. She mentioned afterwards that she gave him a sweetie because he looked like he was suffering.
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