At 12:07 PM 2/12/99 EST, PaxsACR@aol.com wrote:
>--------I don't have to be a woman to understand a situation in which a
>desired result is wanted and the means of achieving that result is being
>debated. I can draw correlations between my own experiences and those that you
>face as a woman in racing and work from that.------
Susan and Katie (and a few others) have been saying "these are my experiences
and this is how it is to me" and you are responding "yes, but, theoretically, it
ought to be...". The discussion isn't even on the same plane. As far as
"drawing
conclusions between my own experiences...", it's a nice try, but since no 2
women have the same experiences and have different approaches and reasons
for wanting to be in Ladies (or not), it doesn't seem too likely to work.
>
>------GREAT!!! an excellent idea, but when we're talking about actual
>competition, why should there be a seperation of gender after the initial fear
>of something new has been diminished.---------
Again, no 2 women have exactly the same set of reasons for running in
Ladies class - the above reason might be one of them or it might not. I
had an interesting discussion (off-list) a few years ago with several female
autoxers about why they did or did not run in Ladies and it was very interesting
because some of the reasons were exactly opposites yet ended with the same
conclusions.
>-------Sorry but the men in this sport have opinons that are just as valid and
>just as you don't need "balls" to drive well, we don't need "tits" to know
Yes, and my opinion that everyone in Street Prepared should have to go
to a more limited induction to make the class more cost-competitive is just
as valid as the opinion of anyone who actually RUNS in the class and disagrees
with me. However, since THEY compete in the class and changes directly affect
them, their input is perhaps a little more valid than mine. Telling someone to
do
what you think is good for them is kinda obnoxious (unless they are under 5 and
you are biologically related to them).
Maureen Soar
Oregon Region SCCA D Prepared (open) Fiat X1/9
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