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End sexism in contests

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lindsayjibber
Posts: 344 - Karma: -127
I had a great idea just now. Girls and guys skiing has been seperated in terms of skill for a long time. Something needs to be done to get it on the right track! Soooooooooo, END THE SEXISM! Instead of X-games girls and guys events, lets combine em! That way, for like, superpipe, no more girls and guys events, just one big ski superpipe event.

Obviously, the girls arent goingto be going as high or doing as great tricks, so something like a handicap would be imposed on the guys so that the girls have a real chance against Tanner. But wouldnt that be cool?!?! A girl could beat out Dumont for the overall pipe contest and we could show the rest of the world that our sport is the lone one where gender doesnt make a difference!
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rek
Posts: 58 - Karma: 154
Shut up, keep calm and make me a sandwich honey
Sep 20 2012 12:26PM
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Cebra
Posts: 505 - Karma: 35
Nearly as smart as lindsayjibber
Sep 20 2012 12:34PM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,458
Wait, is Lindsayjibber linsey vonn? But seriously, couldn't help but bumping this given the current climate. Zimmermann and Kelly pushing while the slopestyle fields for the x games and dewtour look as unexciting as ever.
Nov 25 2012 9:45PM
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pussy_puncher
Posts: 194 - Karma: 69
So you want it to not not be sexist by combining events, but have it so the girls have a handicap? Hmm that sounds just as sexist as seperating them in the first place haha.
Nov 26 2012 6:52PM
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Idshredthat
Posts: 33 - Karma: -3,410
.... Who's to say they can't.
Nov 26 2012 10:06PM
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skinakedfast
Posts: 1294 - Karma: 434
we know youre lindsayjibber now you gave up your troll to soon you looseee
Nov 26 2012 10:08PM
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theTRIBE101
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this is probably one of the worst ideas i have ever heard in my life. In not being sexist towards girls, you're being sexist towards guys. How is it fair that guys train and risk injury to progress their sport, but are handicapped and will lose doing a dub to a girl doing a 540 in the pipe? How would you feel if that were inverted? Guys go bigger and do more technical tricks. Girls do cool stuff too. You can't just say a girl's trick is better because she's a girl. that would be sexist in itself. so in conclusion, by installing the dumbass rule you stated above, you would invoke more sexism and unfairness in the sport than there already was.

- theTRIBE
Nov 26 2012 10:13PM
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Bsand
Posts: 364 - Karma: 427
Nothing personal OP
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Nov 27 2012 12:08AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
Posts: 4573 - Karma: 14,299
bump since she's back
Jun 6 2013 7:59PM
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Lou.
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 3,876
*facepalm*
Aug 25 2013 10:04PM
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Turd.Ferguson
Posts: 1437 - Karma: 2,713
Remember when a professional girl skiier did something more than a 360?

Oh haha neither do I...
Aug 25 2013 10:12PM
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SunburntSquad
Posts: 293 - Karma: 496
that is a stupid fucking idea. Impose a handicap on better skiers so that someone who's body is too weak to throw down can steal the medals?

I read an article a while back of some pro women complaining that men and women needed separate courses because they couldn't handle the mens course.


Aug 25 2013 10:12PM
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brewbabyy
Posts: 746 - Karma: 1,240
this thread should never die.
Aug 26 2013 12:58AM
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NSwidow
Posts: 888 - Karma: 3,222
I feel that the men and women's skiing are completely incomparable, are they not?

Also, saying that they should combine it, but give the girls a handicap negates the whole thing. Its contradictory. It STILL wouldn't be even, and then you'd just start another thread about sexism in the ski industry.

Girls aren't as good as guys. I'm okay with that. Feel free to go and ride and improve the level of girls skiing instead of writing threads like this. This is only hurting your cause. Sorry.
Aug 26 2013 2:36AM
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