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A picture of "danger boy" Haiden Deegan, who rips 65's among the fastest in the country....
He's what, like 8-9?! I've never seen a 10 year old girl's back look like that!
The only people allowed to say "yeah, but flattrack isnt motocross" are people who have slid a Harley XR into a dirt corner, going 130 MPH, side by side with 2 other bikes.
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Nichole Mees has a career best finish of 7th in the GNC1 class.
Yes they are both fast, but they are not as fast as the men. In fact, both of them have brothers that are faster/better than they are (Jared Mees and Corey Texter) which practically proves the opposite of what you intended.
It is a somewhat decent example, but they are not at the top of AMA flat track.
The statement was that they are almost as fast. You wouldn't tell someone who won a 250 main in motocross that they weren't even almost as fast as the other riders.
I didn't say she wasn't fast either; I just pointed out that she is not close to the best (which is what this topic was created to discuss). Of course she is faster than some men, but the question asked about a women being faster/better then all (or just about all) men.
When I see women riding I always think that they would be faster on a KTM 105SX. Something light. Instead they are riding around on a 250F which is a huge error imo.
I don't think we should be compared to men because.. well... we aren't men. We weren't made to be them in any way physically or mentally. So expecting us to be is wrong. Women are thinkers... we overanalyze and overthink and that right there is, personally, is what I would say is the biggest difficulty for women in motocross. We can't go "balls to the wall" because the majority of us have to think of all the possibilities and outcomes and can't quite let go and allow our bikes to do all that they were created to do.
Women's motocross isn't men's motocross and for reasons. Just like in any other professional sport - they are separated and respectfully so. But how dare someone think less of someone's passion, motivation and drive because they are a girl! We are riding the same bikes on the same tracks. There ought to be something said about that.
-strength
-testosterone (balls)
-low numbers of mx women
-segregation
-gender roles (which is simply a Reason for low numbers of mx women)
I definitely think it's ONE of these things and not a combination. When in life is the problem ever more than a single thing?
Has anyone ever watched the documentaries about how athletes see things in what we mere mortals refer to as slow motion? Everyone has it to an extent but some are just gifted better than others. I think men may have developed this better than women as their job was to hunt vs gather.
Along with the reasons that have been presented, I think it's a cumulative effect of many reasons.
Interesting reading others thoughts on this.
There are also a lot of posts I suspect are from single sexually frustrated young men who have not had sex in a long time. I also suspect that they will stay that way until they begin to respect women.
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