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Authors, sign in!According to Gian Franco Kasper, President of the International Ski Foundation, ski jumping “seems not to be appropriate for women from a medical point of view." Therefore, by Kasper’s understanding of feminine design, women are not meant to ski jump. Why should we care? Because of Kasper’s remarks and “no” vote on women’s ski jumping, women will not be competing in ski jumping in the Olympics, which start tomorrow.
Just to clarify: women get to TEST the Olympics ski jumps to make sure they are OK for competition, but women will not be allowed to COMPETE in the 2010 Olympic Games.
Let me see if my little ole’ girlie brain can wrap itself around this: women fight in combat, bear children (I hear there’s a lot of pain involved), and pretty much do almost everything else a man does (even though peeing while standing up can be a challenge, I learned this while backpacking in the Colorado Rockies years ago). We bring home the bacon, fry it in the pan we bought, clean that pan and put it away. However, we cannot ski jump.
We’ve come a long way, baby?
Published February 11, 2010 by Jennifer Schwaller |
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Comments (2)
I watched the winter olympics last night, after the KU/Iowa basketball game.
The skiers sure looked like women to me. If they weren't some guys sure have hormone problems!
The U.S. team came away with Gold and Bronze. Canada went home with the Silver.
Posted by Ken Poland
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February 14, 2010 7:37 AM
Posted on February 14, 2010 07:37
Ken – I’m delighted that you were able to enjoy the women’s skiing mogul final last night at the Winter Olympic Games. Thank you for your report on the outcome of the event and noting that the women’s hormone levels appeared normal to you; however, Jennifer’s blog is referring to the women’s ski jumping competition, which is not included in this year’s events. While jumps are part of the mogul competition, it is not the same as the ski jumping competition.
Posted by James
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February 14, 2010 11:30 PM
Posted on February 14, 2010 23:30