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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not entirely true.

Some sports did allow women to participate, but only until a woman embarassed a man by winning. Then they'd be banned until women set up their own leagues.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When did that occur and in what sport? That seems like an interesting event in sports history, I would be interested to read about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Figure skating, Olympic shotgun skeet, and baseball, at least.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I meant when and in what sport "a woman embarrassed a man by winning" leading to gender segregation of the sport. Olympic shotgun skeet seems like an example, but that's a pretty esoteric "sport," so using that as an example to generalize about sports more broadly seems poorly conceived.

As I noted below, most major sports leagues in the US don't have and, with the exception of baseball (which wasn't because "a woman embarrassed a man by winning," it was just basic sexism/patriarchy), never had rules about gender segregation. Women have always been eligible to play in the NBA, NHL, NFL, etc.

Are you talking about a specific country or something?