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Originally Posted by HokieDNA01
My take on why women don't compete well in racing is that we have a stronger biological "self preservation instinct" then men. Women's brains are set up to not take as many dangerous chances due to the fact that we may have children to take car of. Men have more testosterone and will take more chances. Just my outlook on it (i'm a Bio major so I tend to think that way)
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Strange that sounds A LOT like Kerry's theory...
Again I don't know, but on the "self preservation" note. I've seen women basically give up and wait to die when the shit hits the fan. Guys keep running, fighting and striving to stay alive. That's self preservation, that's a survival instinct.
Besides if there aren't any children, I'm not sure how that can be a factor. Women sky dive, climb mountains, smoke cigarettes, have un-protected sex, bungee jump, and engage in all types of stupid and life threatening activities the same as men.
I honestly don't think it's some noble "nurturing" instinct that keeps them from excelling in racing. Especially when they don't have any children. Besides, everyone keeps going on and on about how fast you are, what did you do? Have a hysterectomy or something?
I mean if I have to, I'll accept that they just suck at the skills required to race and leave it at that but I'm not gonna accept that it's because they are too smart or too concerned about kids they don't even have to be great racers.