nopoleskier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
At the risk of opening a few more cans of worms, my first thought these days when it comes to competitions that are divided by sex is how to account for those individuals transitioning from one sex to the other, who want to compete.
btw, @nopoleskier at my high school, the girls and boys ski teams trained together, too. Even on land. My claim to fame is that one day for land training, we were playing soccer with the guys, and a guy who was also on the varsity soccer team decided he'd slide tackle me. I saw him coming, kicked the ball forward as he approached, leaped over him as he slid, and kept running with the ball as he was on the ground.
ETA: now that I think about it, co-ed soccer for dry land training is a terrible idea given the types of injury that can occur...
I also started to write wondering about the transgenders that are now competing as men or women. yes can o'worms..
I'm smiling at the visual of you jumping over him.. hope he got a good grass burn too :-)
I'm all for anything that gets women out there and even if a publicity stunt ladies have been cast as subservient and weaker and should stay home and sew and cook.. There are instances many stated here that WE ladies CAN and do beat guys.. there is still to much sexism and women being put down and not given equal access that guys get.