Comments on: Sexual Dimorphism and Me

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:02:01 +0000

I hear you. I’m a blackbelt in Taekwondo and when I was competing i was training six days a week. Yet when I was helping my best friend move, none of the guys would let me carry anything. They were so set on proving their own machismo that it was almost offensive for a girl to carry a box that they could have been using as a demonstration of their manhood.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:55:51 +0000

So, can we put weights on the stronger drivers’ arms to make the races more fair to the smaller drivers?

By: amy

amy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:22:23 +0000

Sheesh, drivers, I don’t hear the jockeys complaining!

By: Kyso Kisaen

Kyso Kisaen — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:17:47 +0000

I’ve seen quotes from her pointing out that she (and all the lighter drivers) is handicapped with extra weight even though no one is handicapping the stronger drivers.

By: Antigone

Antigone — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:17:11 +0000

Lame

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:56:27 +0000

Here’s something you might like to know… the IndyCar Series now factors the weight of the driver into the equation when they weigh the cars during technical inspections. Lighter drivers must add weight while heavier drivers may remove some. While this is a new rule for this year, the point is that Danica no longer has a size/weight advantage. So there’s really no question that she won the race fair and square. If anything, she has to work harder than everyone else to maintain the strength required to drive one of those cars, especially since there’s no power steering in them. But she’s never seemed to have an issue with it. She won the race (with the help of her team) by driving smarter than everyone else. Go Danica!