Gender and pro cycling

[DirtDiva]

Thanks for posting those links singletrack - interesting reading. Would be interested to read the article in Bike magazine too. Kudos to Ms Dumaresq - it's not like there are a whole lot of transgendered people out there providing role-models in sports.

This reminds me of a conversation I had with my step-daughter Alex a few years ago. She was over visiting and telling me that she doesn't think she wants to go into science or math. Understand that Alex is _very_ smart, but after she asked her teacher about it, he told her that she shouldn't worry about it since girls aren't very good at science and math.

Needless to say, I was livid. If I was anywhere near where her school I would have reamed him. To tell someone something like this is just wrong.

I'll go kick his arse myself. Or perhaps I'll roll up my science degree and use that to knock some sense into the idiot... How could a teacher say that to a student?!? Might have to roll up my teaching diploma and put it in the other hand...


Total aside:
Hey there MM. I'd forgotten you were from Brighton. Was in your neck of the woods on bank holiday. Not bad (except for the bit where I forgot to bring the sunscreen).