[quote]browndisaster wrote:
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
[quote]browndisaster wrote:
she’s awesome! great footwork at 2:30
I view her situation similar to age groups for youth leagues and weight classes for fighting/powerlifting.
If someone wants to compete in a tougher group/class, it’s ok because there are no advantages conferred. If they want to compete in a younger or lighter group, it’s unfair.
I guess this is sexist, considering I’m essentially saying that the male groupings in these sports are tougher than the female groups, but it’s true in the vast majority of cases.[/quote]
It’s only sexist if only letting you compete in equal or tougher classes in boxing/powerlifting etx is weight-ist, age-ist, etc. It’s called acknowledging the damn truth. It’s the same reason that women aren’t allowed in combat MOS’s in the military still, because they ARE NOT the same. Equal in rights? Sure. Equal in capabilities? Nope. I’ve read account after account of stellar female Marines working with grunt units (attached to them, not a part of them), and their bodies physically break down MUCH faster than the men’s bodies, simply because they don’t recover as quickly as men, on average can’t withstand the same rigors and physical stresses, etc. So can a dude be in the Air Force? Sure. Should women be grunts in the Marines? Probably not. [/quote]
I agree with you as far as equal rights but unequal capabilities. However, military duty is far different than boxing, football, and powerlifting. In those cases, if a woman wants to compete outside her class, I think it should be allowed.
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I compete in powerlifting, and I am active duty military. I think I am quite aware of the differences. In powerlifting, class divisions are a nice way of separating people into categories. In the military, keeping women out of combat keeps more people from being killed, and more women from acquiring permanent disabilities (not necessarily due to combat, but to the extreme rigors of grunt life). Oh, not to mention the whole rape thing, sexual harassment in a field environment (which is already bad enough as it is), etc etc.