[Shotimes] Re: Rookie Significant Others

[Ian Fisher]

No, I doubt that anyone will actually take it that far (legal action).
However, I was only concerned that there might be a discrepancy in
regards to driver experience that has nothing to do with gender. I am
not trying to stir up a fire here with regard to legal issues; I just
don't see the logic in creating a class based on gender.

Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Blacknell [mailto:mark@blacknell.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:03 AM
To: ianf@eden.rutgers.edu; van Oss; ianf@eden.rutgers.edu; Donald
Mallinson; shotimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Rookie Significant Others 


I seriously doubt you'll see any "legal" problems with such a set up, 
Ian.  However, your questions are timely - what, exactly, is it behind
the 
thought process that presumes women should be in a separate class than
men 
on a track?

My guess is that it's simply a function of age and ignorance, in this 
instance.  Of course, it's not just Don - it's a pretty pervasive
attitude 
in motorsports, and one that tends to drive women away from it (who
wants 
to fight to be accepted as regular member of a club?).  It's a shame,
really.

At 03:47 PM 2/16/2003 -0500, ianf@eden.rutgers.edu wrote:
>Yeah, but I still don't see the logic behind the idea. What is the 
>diffeence between a male driver without track experience and a female 
>without track experience? Seriously (no jokes). Legally, it could be a 
>nightmare.
>
>sorry for the typos (no spell check at work and no time to check)
>
>Ian