Feminisim in Equestrian competions?

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Do you think feminisim has a place now in our modern society? Is it particularly noticable in equestrian events? Are women classed as second hand citizens against men in competition?

In cse ytou wondering its for a Uni assignment!
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It's a funny one this because if you look at the percentage of people who actually ride regularly then it is an overwhelming amount who are female. However if you look at the top riders overall an all equestrian competitions, you'll find most are men.
 
I'm not really sure - I've never really been able to come up with a rock-solid theory to be honest.

It could be to do with the fact that women are mothers? And as such might see it as being selfish and a bad mother if they were to compete regularly?

Men on the other hand are often the breadwinners, therefore if they choose this as their "job" then they have to be damn good at it and actually earn significant money.
 
I think tia is right, Men have no vision, get good and one thing and stick at it, there are very few women in this game who only want a place at the top- equestrian wise. Many stop to have babies, and I suppose its hard to get back up there.
 
Good thoughts coming through!
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I don't follow eventing or show jumping that much but I think there is more women in eventing than show jumping? if this is true why do you think its that way?
 
I think men are inherintly (sp) competative, its genetic, so no matter what they do they have to be the biggest/fastest/best. Hence why men are predominant in the higher levels, I believe there are a smaller percentage of woman who share that competativness.

I do think its a good thing though that classes are not split between the sexes and that men and women compete on equal level.
 
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Do you think feminisim has a place now in our modern society?

<font color="blue"> Most certainly - whilst great leaps have been made I would argue that some of them have been in entirely the wrong direction and what has been successful has been the icing on the cake rather than the real meat of the issues. i.e. women used to complain that it was condesending for men to open doors for them or hold chairs for them or offer to pay for them, now how often do you hear about women lamenting the lack of this gallantary? Yet, how many female senior managers or CEO's do we see and where are we with equal pay etc? </font>

Is it particularly noticable in equestrian events?

<font color="blue"> Whilst men may be prevelent at the very top of our sport, we are still one of only a very small handful of sports where men and women compete on equal grounds.</font>

Are women classed as second hand citizens against men in competition?

<font color="blue"> Not usually in our sport, but quite often are treated as conversation pieces or token participants in some other sports i.e. snooker, rallying, etc
I could go on, and on, and on............
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Do you think feminisim has a place now in our modern society?

<font color="blue"> Most certainly - whilst great leaps have been made I would argue that some of them have been in entirely the wrong direction and what has been successful has been the icing on the cake rather than the real meat of the issues. i.e. women used to complain that it was condesending for men to open doors for them or hold chairs for them or offer to pay for them, now how often do you hear about women lamenting the lack of this gallantary? Yet, how many female senior managers or CEO's do we see and where are we with equal pay etc? </font>

Is it particularly noticable in equestrian events?

<font color="blue"> Whilst men may be prevelent at the very top of our sport, we are still one of only a very small handful of sports where men and women compete on equal grounds.</font>

Are women classed as second hand citizens against men in competition?

<font color="blue"> Not usually in our sport, but quite often are treated as conversation pieces or token participants in some other sports i.e. snooker, rallying, etc
I could go on, and on, and on............
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Jude.</font>

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Please go on ! You are helping me a lot here!
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Aw don't PM it - I'd be interested to hear others thoughts on this, and I'm sure other people on here would too.
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of the top eventers, it's about 50-50, but the men tend to have bigger strings of horses, ride any old thing at times (few women do this, possibly because the catch rides are often very strong, that's why they're available...). in WFP's latest book, he says he has a string of 24, Pippa has a string of 12. men are physically stronger, that cannot be denied, and a lot of women wouldn't want to ride 12 or more a day, i think! a lot of the men are a bit more ruthless as well, but that's a generalisation that doesn't really apply to some. men do tend to have to take it very seriously and earn enough to pay for themselves, family, house, etc etc, whereas some women have the luxury of indulgent parents/other half etc etc. again, huge generalisations. many women who do have children often lack the bravery after they've had kids. but the greatest thing about our equestrian sports is the equality, the fact that we compete as exact equals.
 
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