Men will generally be able to chuck a 20kg stone harder than women. And studies have shown that men do generally have better co-ordination and spatial processing. Addionally once you are in the process of chucking a 20kg stone it will have a fair bit of momentum, so being stronger will assist in making any last minute adjustments during the process of throwing. I tried to cite a study on co-ordination differences but for some reason it won't let me paste the link. If you search gender brain connectivity it should appear
It is awkward with boobs and shorter arms and legs to get to all shots on a snooker/pool table so that might play a part. Plus the power needed for screwing back etc.
Definitely. As for the scrubbing, I think you're right. Plus technique again. Our scrubbing seemed to have very little influence on where the stones went. Our entire curling performance was probably the sporting equivalent of when an amateur picks up a violin or some bagpipes and tries to get a pleasant sound out of them.
I think equestrian events are the best example of where men and women are treated equally. And they have a really good ratio of men and women in the teams. And it proves that it doesn't make a difference. And it annoys the hell out of me because I associate it with upper class toffs but it's one of the few sports that has got it so right. It's perfect equality and it's brilliant. And it makes me question everything I believe in.
- I wonder if the dynamic between members of a same-sex team is different to that in a mixed-sex team. Looking at the brilliant curlers there was clearly a strong bond between the players in both teams - would the bond been as strong and effective had there been a mixed team of two women and two men. In team games do women prefer to be teamed with other women and men with other men?? (not sure about this!)
Good point. I don't know. Most of my best friends throughout my life from being very young have been women. But I know that's unusual.
Cant comment on the boobs part but John Higgins at 5ft 6 hasn’t done bad for a short un. Screwing back is more about timing than strength. id imagine the issue is more about volume as in more men play sports than women, meaning the best men probably have to be better to get to the top.
see also; proper yacht racing (as opposed to the sports racing with smaller crews). Whilst there’s an element of strength, it’s more stamina, and mixed sex crews are the norm. My personal fave sport though, rallying has had some great females competing on a level playing field. In fact, a middle aged female maths teacher has just won the Monte Carlo rally (as co-driver). It’s just a hobby for her, and her first WRC event. As I hinted at earlier, once a female race driver gets some proper financial backing and achieves some success, it’ll open the floodgates.
Eh? He's spent this entire thread saying that he believes women are equal to men and can easily compete against men like for like and your reply to that is why so anti women?
Not an expert but I'd imagine the answer to that would depend on how long the team has been together. If a mixed team had always been together and it had been natural throughout their career I'd imagine the bond would be just as strong, if it had always been a same sex team and rarely it's changed to being mixed gender then I'd imagine that bond wouldn't be there. In my first job as an 18 year old I was grouped with 4 other men (being called a man at 18 still doesn't seem right to me) and 3 women in a group that were all new to the company together and to the day I left the job almost 10 years later that bond was the closest I've ever had. We learned the job together, learned to rely on each other and were just really close. Eventually that changed to being largely all men for some reason as people left and the bond just wasn't the same. We got on well but not like in the mixed group. I'd imagine if it was reversed and it was all men to start with I'd feel that was the tighter group
, maybe have a word with them to get some more training done maybe have a word with them to get some more training done. The women got the gold. I think they've done the training. But instead of celebrating that, let's dig at them for not being men.
Quite good in the British championship but not up to world class. We had a couple of sisters from Yorkshire who were promising after that (but IIRC one of them got done for DUI) Simmonite sisters. The most successful female rally driver in modern times was Michelle Mouton, who is now quite high up in the FIA. Special mention to Pat Moss but that’s a long time ago now.
That was a flippant remark in response to YOU saying women aren't as good. Your misandry is showing again Helen
It may be that quite simply some women prefer to be in a team made up of other women and some men prefer to be in a team of other men. But the narrative is often skewed - we always hear the justification for mixed team/sports is that women 'are equal to men' - why in this context do we very rarely hear that 'men are equal to women?'
