Open Question: Women and equal rights?

**Marx** · 22nd-August-2008

From Yahoo Answers

As I watched the Olympics this past week, I wondered:Why don’t men & women compete against each other in the events? By having separate events for men & women, aren’t we perpetuating the stereotype women are not equal & can’t compete against men? Shouldn’t equality be applied across the board?

**Garak** · 22nd-August-2008

Men vs Women (no special treatment)...oh my...I would love to see it. Of course, that would be a nightmare for feminists.

**nivek** · 22nd-August-2008

If there there ever was a stupid question then this is it ... you really only have to look at the distance or hight jumped the time it took to run, row, cycle or swim from A to B. its a no brainer.

**byslexic_danana** · 22nd-August-2008

Let's integrate the two genders, shall we? And watch as every female contender kissed goodbye to every chance of winning anything again, ever.

Doing so would seriously highlight differences between men and women; truly, feminists wouldn't be able to stomach it. This is one of many cases where the trollops advocate segregated activities.

**RobYork** · 22nd-August-2008

Same with the tennis at Wimbledon, where the women are paid the same amount of money as the men, even though the women play the best of THREE sets and the men play the best of FIVE sets, where is the equality there ?

**Garak** · 22nd-August-2008

Quote from RobYork

Same with the tennis at Wimbledon, where the women are paid the same amount of money as the men, even though the women play the best of THREE sets and the men play the best of FIVE sets, where is the equality there ?

That's called feminist equality. It is a unique, completely unequal brand of equality. Crazy that so many people believe in it.

**byslexic_danana** · 22nd-August-2008

Female players were already paid PROPORTIONATELY more, but, of course, feminists being jealous that women aren't men, they complained that it wasn't equal.

I guess females are just oppressed into being less capable at sport.

Ha!

**Feckless** · 22nd-August-2008

In horse related sports women and men already compete against each other, because in this "sport" they can be on the same level. If you proceed with equality you will have no women in the finals and only half that many disciplines. And than we would have positive discrimination again (women starting one second earlier etc.)

**nivek** · 22nd-August-2008

Quote from Feckless

In horse related sports women and men already compete against each other, because in this "sport" they can be on the same level. If you proceed with equality you will have no women in the finals and only half that many disciplines. And than we would have positive discrimination again (women starting one second earlier etc.)

One second would not be enough ... they would have to use the handicap system ... the men would have to wear a weighted jacket to slow them down, then women would manage to win the odd race and would say that this is proof that they are equal if not better than men

and they'd be serious