In the 60s, which you refer to, when a woman went racing, that attitude was
"atta girl!, go get 'em" kind of thing. It was so rare, women were not a
threat, just as in a neighborhood, when one black family moves in, there is
no problem, and the black family is accepted as a peer (at least in my
neighborhood().
However, when there are lots of women racers, perhaps (some) men get a
little worried about what has been their turf and throw out questions about
femininity (sp?), etc. that exert tremendous pressure on the woman to stop;
just as a neighborhood, where the reaction is, 'there goes the neighborhood'
when more than a few blacks move in.
Sad, isn't it? When all the women racers want to do is have fun, and all the
blacks want to do is live in a decent neighborhood.
Sorry for generalizing.
--Pat K
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>From: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
>To: "Ms Katie Kelly" <aceontour@yahoo.com>
>Cc: "ba-autox" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Sociology
>Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2003, 9:50 AM
>
> she is hurting her cause by taking such a comprehensively defensive stance.
> that is, she starts with the premise that women are inferior, "physically
> incapable" as she puts it. imagine this same article, but replacing "woman"
> with "negro". here's an example:
>
> Whilst there are undoubtedly differences between negro and white competitors
> I believe it is incorrect to suggest that negros are physically incapable
> and would urge those who are of this belief to look further into
> physiological experiments and research into negro sport. Whilst certain
> aspects of strength are cited as the negro's weakness little is ever
> mentioned of the negro's strengths noted in recent studies which show how
> well suited negro physiology is to endurance and G-force tolerance,
> essential in racing.
>
> today this would seem outrageous; for example, the (male/white) measure of
> strength is citied as the "standard" that the (women/negros) are measured
> by. what about determining what strength is needed to drive a race car
> competitively? maybe this would have been timely in 1960, but in 2003?
> what we need are articles about how to improve women's participation and
> success in the sport, not an article that defines a women's role in racing
> ONLY in comparison to men.
>
> -james
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ms Katie Kelly" <aceontour@yahoo.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 8:40 AM
> Subject: Sociology
>
>
>> Biased that I am, I found this article interesting:
>>
>>
> http://www.thundervalleyracing.com/news/topstories/archive/20021226women.htm
> l
>>
>> Katie K.
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