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That's not necessarily factually correct, [USER=4042]marksawatsky[/USER]. Some skeletal research suggests pre-agrarian labor was divided much more evenly, and not along gender lines. The thinking that females did not perform the tasks the men did comes from post-agrarian patriarchal societal norms, and reflects later thinking, not necessarily biological fact. There's a lot of societal and historical whitewashing to dig through - all minorities have been subject to cultural erasure in an effort to control them.These old generalizations cause problems for the girls that do want to race competitively. Those girls that do "drive like guys" don't typically get a fair shot because everyone assumes they're going to fit a gender stereotype.If I were to ask everyone, right now, to tell the first driving joke that comes to mind, I'm betting most of the jokes would be about woman drivers. The fact that it's considered socially acceptable to use a woman as the brunt of a joke like that is a big part of the problem. What encouragement is there for females to even try racing when most of the world tells them daily "you can't drive because you don't have a twig and berries"?
That's not necessarily factually correct, [USER=4042]marksawatsky[/USER]. Some skeletal research suggests pre-agrarian labor was divided much more evenly, and not along gender lines. The thinking that females did not perform the tasks the men did comes from post-agrarian patriarchal societal norms, and reflects later thinking, not necessarily biological fact. There's a lot of societal and historical whitewashing to dig through - all minorities have been subject to cultural erasure in an effort to control them.
These old generalizations cause problems for the girls that do want to race competitively. Those girls that do "drive like guys" don't typically get a fair shot because everyone assumes they're going to fit a gender stereotype.
If I were to ask everyone, right now, to tell the first driving joke that comes to mind, I'm betting most of the jokes would be about woman drivers. The fact that it's considered socially acceptable to use a woman as the brunt of a joke like that is a big part of the problem. What encouragement is there for females to even try racing when most of the world tells them daily "you can't drive because you don't have a twig and berries"?