[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

What physical sports are there where one sex does not have an advantage over the other? Even golf is not considered gender equal, which I disagree with...

[Bored chemist]

I understand that snooker is getting more nearly equal, but not there yet.

[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

I understand that snooker is getting more nearly equal, but not there yet.

My country's National Tourism Office warns us against asking questions to Brits. They warn us that 3 out of 4 times a Brit is asked a question, their "answer" will be a sarcastic one.

[Bored chemist]

Let me know when you learn to recognise sarcasm.

My earlier post is very straightforward, the closest that I know of to a sport where men and women compete as equals is snooker.
You might also look at archery.

[alancalverd]

Darts. Bowls. Archery. Shooting  (all levels from pistol to clay pigeon) . Diving. Equestrian sports (possibly excluding polo). Rally driving.

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale agreed many years ago to progressively discontinue women's records whenever a woman exceeded the current record. One of my female gliding instructors held a few national and world records for a time. Not sure how the book stands these days, but female pilots definitely have a weight/bladder capacity/cold tolerance/hypoxia advantage, offset only by a lack of testosterone which alters the instinct to win/survive ratio.

[alancalverd]

My country's National Tourism Office warns us against asking questions to Brits. They warn us that 3 out of 4 times a Brit is asked a question, their "answer" will be a sarcastic one.

Reminds me of the advice given to business travelers in the old A to Z Flight Directory. Lots of formal stuff about bowing, handshaking and skirt lengths, plus :
"Ireland: cautions. Irish people think quickly and speak slowly. The climate is mild but a raincoat is essential. "

[Colin2B]

Darts. Bowls. Archery. Shooting  (all levels from pistol to clay pigeon) . Diving. Equestrian sports (possibly excluding polo). Rally driving.

And angling! The UK record for rod-caught salmon is held by Miss Georgina Ballantine on the River Tay 7 October 1922.

[alancalverd]

And I forgot mixed sports like hockey and lacrosse, and tenpin bowling. Cricket rugby and soccer are mixed up to the age of 12.

At the age of 70 my mother-in-law used to delight in thrashing brawny teenage lads on the golf course. To a man, they would blast off with a mighty 200 yard drive and she'd say "and now ye have tae get it into the wee hole." Not that there was much wrong with her drive - she had two holes in one on major courses.

[sciencefan]

Darts. Bowls. Archery. Shooting  (all levels from pistol to clay pigeon) . Diving. Equestrian sports (possibly excluding polo). Rally driving.

Hi,

I can agree with the above post. Equestrian sports would also have been the first thing that came to my mind.
Polo, on the other hand, is not gender equal in my opinion.

[Jayme.Fink]

I agree that many sports are already equal for everyone. The same darts, archery, shooting. But still, sport remains a man's prerogative, and before, women were forbidden to do anything. The woman was to be a continuation of her husband and not stand out.

[alancalverd]

Marginally off topic, but it has been noted that British sportsmen excel at sports where you sit down. Sailing, equestrian, air sports, rowing....

[syhprum]

Today we learn of the sad loss at the age of 51 of one of motor racing finest female competitors Sabine Schmitz from cancer

[charles1948]

Marginally off topic, but it has been noted that British sportsmen excel at sports where you sit down. Sailing, equestrian, air sports, rowing....

Excellent point alan.  I'd never thought of that before.  It also applies to other activities, such as fighting wars.

In such wars, British troops have a good reputation for fighting well in defensive positions.  Where they're  basically sitting down  and shooting at an enemy who's running towards them.

But British troops are not so well renowned in the attack role, where they have to run at the enemy.

Why would that be?






 

[syhprum]

Our Hurricane and Spitfire drivers did quite well in 1940 sitting down

[Bored chemist]

But British troops are not so well renowned in the attack role

The implication of this is that we sat here and built the biggest empire in the world.
That's an "interesting" idea.

[Colin2B]

But British troops are not so well renowned in the attack role, where they have to run at the enemy.

Why would that be?

The main reason is that you have failed to study British military history 

[alancalverd]

Pity about Sabine, but her Top Gear drive around the Nurburgring in a Transit (beating Clarkson in an S-type Jag) has a place in television and motoring history.   

And motor racing - another sitting-down sport often dominated by Brits.

[alancalverd]

But British troops are not so well renowned in the attack role, where they have to run at the enemy.

Why would that be?

Because the Light Brigade showed that sitting on a horse is not a good idea if the enemy has artillery.

[Colin2B]

Because the Light Brigade showed that sitting on a horse is not a good idea if the enemy has artillery.

Which is why @charles1948 the Household Cavalry is now an armoured unit. So they can sit down and still charge the enemy!

[Petrochemicals]

Horse racing definatley now

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/56704524.

This means that it has always been possible yet few have tried.

Marginally off topic, but it has been noted that British sportsmen excel at sports where you sit down. Sailing, equestrian, air sports, rowing....

In such wars, British troops have a good reputation for fighting well in defensive positions.  Where they're  basically sitting down  and shooting at an enemy who's running towards them.

But British troops are not so well renowned in the attack role, where they have to run at the enemy.

Do you mean not so good in invading Vietnam?  Or do you mean not so good in propping up right wing dictatorships? We did support Pinochet.