Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!ora!ambar From: shore@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Melinda Shore) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: sports where men/women compete Message-ID: <1991Apr24.004045.16180@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 25 Apr 91 17:38:21 GMT References: Sender: ambar@ora.com (Jean Marie Diaz) Organization: Cornell Theory Center Lines: 12 Approved: ambar@ora.com > That's what I heard. I can tell you right off that equestrian events > are segregated (presumably because of weight differences). Not so. All the Olympic equestrian events have men and women competing equally, although the women riders typically carry more lead to even out the weight in the speed and endurance phases of 3-day eventing. Weight is considered irrelevant in dressage and show jumping. -- Software longa, hardware brevis Melinda Shore - Cornell Information Technologies - shore@theory.tn.cornell.edu