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Old Sep 12th 2009, 6:46 am
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Originally Posted by The Dean
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Mods, please move this post to the 'Doesn't mean it, just trying to provoke an argument' section...............
in part I do mean it even though it would never happen.

I guess there must be legilsative exemption in place otherwise in the case of professional sports it would be in breach of sexually equality legislation.
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Old Sep 12th 2009, 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
in part I do mean it even though it would never happen.

I guess there must be legilsative exemption in place otherwise in the case of professional sports it would be in breach of sexually equality legislation.
No breach at all - the athletes are competitors, not employees. Organisers and officials always go to great lengths (at least in theory) to ensure fair competition, so there cannot be mixed events.

Only when the differing physical strengths of the sexes are rendered irrelevant (e.g. show jumping) are the sexes free to compete against each other.
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
in part I do mean it even though it would never happen.

I guess there must be legilsative exemption in place otherwise in the case of professional sports it would be in breach of sexually equality legislation.
If it did...just trying to imagine a boxing match

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Old Sep 12th 2009, 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by The Dean
No breach at all - the athletes are competitors, not employees. Organisers and officials always go to great lengths (at least in theory) to ensure fair competition, so there cannot be mixed events.

Only when the differing physical strengths of the sexes are rendered irrelevant (e.g. show jumping) are the sexes free to compete against each other.
Competitors in many sports are also employees. therefore it could be deemed to breach sexual equality laws.

is it fair that a female tennis player can make millions in the same sport that a man who could easily beat her struggles to make a living?
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
Competitors in many sports are also employees. therefore it could be deemed to breach sexual equality laws.

is it fair that a female tennis player can make millions in the same sport that a man who could easily beat her struggles to make a living?
That argument would prevent women earning any kind of decent living at all in tennis.

Sexual discrimination, combined with restraint of trade, perhaps?
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
Competitors in many sports are also employees. therefore it could be deemed to breach sexual equality laws.

is it fair that a female tennis player can make millions in the same sport that a man who could easily beat her struggles to make a living?
......... and why would mixed tennis help the male in your example?

If he is struggling to make a living, he'd still lose to other males in mixed events, so he'd still struggle...............
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hmmm...can't see why are they saying it's racist...

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Because everytime someone gives a black person a hard time, and there is no other grounds for retort, its easiest to fall back on good old racism...

...I used to see it a bit back home, and its a powerful tool - if I even look at someone who says something questionable, I get the "Oh no, present company excepted" or "No, but I don't mean all black people".
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