Men vs Women. Sexism?

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7 years ago 10/27/2016 12:41pm EDT

After using multiple conversion charts. I've been told my 5000 time of 15:11 is equal to about an 18:05 for women.

What basis do the charts use to calculate this?

I think that since the difference between 15:11 and 12:37(men's WR) is 154s. Then my time would be equal to a women's time of 14:11(women's WR) + 154s = 16:45.

There are guys who run 3:38 for 1500 in the NCAA just 12 seconds behind the 1500 WR. But I don't see many women (if any) running 4:02 in the NCAA, which is 12s behind the women's WR.

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7 years ago 10/27/2016 1:34pm EDT

re: RedBloodSells

Women's results are ALWAYS overstimated. Think of the multievents. Some women can go 5000+ in pentathlon and 7000+ in eptathlon but no man will ever score 7000 or 10000 in his events. Is Ashton Eaton worse than a bunch of women? No, the scores are unfair.

7 years ago 10/27/2016 2:32pm EDT

re: RedBloodSells

RedBloodSells wrote:
After using multiple conversion charts. I've been told my 5000 time of 15:11 is equal to about an 18:05 for women.
What basis do the charts use to calculate this?
I think that since the difference between 15:11 and 12:37(men's WR) is 154s. Then my time would be equal to a women's time of 14:11(women's WR) + 154s = 16:45.
There are guys who run 3:38 for 1500 in the NCAA just 12 seconds behind the 1500 WR. But I don't see many women (if any) running 4:02 in the NCAA, which is 12s behind the women's WR.
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There is no sound rational or moral basis for this sort of comparison. The clock runs the same speed for women as it does for men so an 18:05 5000 is the same for a man or woman.

The only explanation for this is the outrageous sexism that exists in sports and that is not legal in most other spheres of western life.

The sports governing bodies need to get their act together because they have been and still are violating human rights with their current distinction between the sexes.

7 years ago 10/27/2016 6:34pm EDT

re: RedBloodSells

Never thought of it that way.

Guess most guys in the NCAA would be more talented than girls.

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