Why do women so poorly at driving competitions ?

Question

One would assume that women, who tend to be lighter, would have huge success as racers, yet there are very few women who race and even less who win.
(and please avoid the everyone is beeing sexist card, we have 2007).

Classy gypsy cat lets see how good your German/Italian is. Put up or shut up.

Answer 1

The ratio of women to men is a factor. BUT with regards to what TERA said there is no reason why women should EVER be welcomed into mens' racing. They don't belong there. Just as men are not welcomed into the WNBA or WPGA; nor do they belong there either.

It seems to me that when one compares women and men that compete it really comes to a win/win for women and a lose/lose for men. What do women stand to lose ? Nothing. What do women stand to gain ? A lot, as made evident by female racer Danika Patrick being showered with winner status for being the third loser; and she hasn't won anything yet. She is treated like a major racing celebrity and she hasn't won anything since the early 90's when her scrawny lightweight body helped her win in cart racing where weight is a HUGE factor.

What do the men stand to gain by women being there? less than nothing. If men beat women, so what they beat a girl! If women beat men they, and their manhood, reputation,career, sense of accomplishment are just fodder in female pursuit of tromping around in the mans' arena. A sport created, established, promoted, and sacrificed to by MEN ! They have nothing to gain and everything to lose when women are there. For men it is just lose/lose with regards to women. Women could change that you know. In some way men could actually win something if they beat women in a race. Maybe the race commission could give men more points for every lap they have on the girl. At least give them some incentive for not letting the girl pass them. There is a way to make this fair, since women have nothing to lose. Women could offer something so men would actually have a reason to race women.

One thing I have learned in this is that there are women out there who actually have respect, integrity, honor, and humility with regards to their role in society and to men. That is why we don't know who they are, if they really exist. They let men be men and enjoy their accompishments. And then there are arrogant spoiled females. The nervy girls with the attitude who have nothing to lose, BIG DEAL ! Why don't they let spoiled children race as well.

Women competing with/against men is a WIN/WIN for women and a LOSE/LOSE for men. Women have everything to gain and nothing to lose, men have everything to lose and nothing to gain

If women want to race let them start their own racing league, like men start all of their own of everything else. It is even easier for women now because men have already established the infrastructure that wasn't present when they started from scratch.

The truth of the matter is no one would watch a womens' racing network any more than they watch WNBA or WPGA.

People want to see the best. This is why they watch MEN ! Facts are facts, name calling won't change them.

Question: If men treat competing women the same way they treat competing men would it be singled out as SEXISM ? or should men fumble over themselves to help out the little lady ? Maybe "let" her win ? etc etc etc

Answer 2

O.k. well look at it this way: suppose that 98% of racers were women, and 2% men. Statistically, I imagine that most of your race winners would then be women. You really can't compare this fairly, though, can you? If there were equal amounts of men and women racing, and the men were always winning, then you might have a claim here...but with men outnumbering the women who are racing by so many- you can't compare the skills of both genders fairly.
A more fair question might be, why are there so many more male racers than females? And one can only hypothesize as to the answer to that one. Might have something to do with the fact that it's always been a male-dominated sport, and up until very recently, women were never made to feel welcome to join this activity. I'd bet that even now, the few women who do race face a great deal of verbal (and otherwise) discrimination and derrogatory treatment. I'm sure this has had a big effect on women entering (and not entering) this sport.

Answer 3

Perhaps the dare-devil spirit is stronger in men, although not necessarily the competitive spirit. Women may be more cautious as racing can be a pretty dangerous sport. I'm not trying to sound sexist, as there are many things that both genders excel in. Women, myself included, enjoy watching racing, but are not as eager participants as the men are. That's not to say we couldn't win if we put the pedal to the metal, and were determined to win. I've watched plenty of races where the gals put on a great showing, even if they didn't win.

Answer 4

You ask a question trying to show one gender in poor light and then the members of that gender naturally defend themselves.

This has become like a never ending iterating virus.

What do we gain in the end?

Women have their own racing and car rallys and drive it wont change that will it??

Answer 5

It's not about the fact that they're lighter it's about if they want to do it and are willing to committ to it.

Answer 6

Well, competition of any kind is rather a male bastion.

Answer 7

Less spatial awareness and slower reflexes due to lack of testosterone.

Also, in combat jets, women's bodies are more fragile than men's.

Answer 8

Men are better drivers than women

Answer 9

have you ever seen the way women drive on the roads??!!.... they should stay at home and cook and clean.... ha.... how many thumbs down am i gonna get

Answer 10

"Why do women so poorly at.."?
Why do men "so poorly" at grammar?