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Originally Posted by octothorp
Why do they officially call it women's hockey, women's curling, women's biathalon, women's bobsleigh, women's skeleton, and women's luge, but call other events ladies' speedskating, ladies' figure skating, ladies' alpine skiing, ladies' snowboard, ladies' cross country skiing etc. Is any sport that involves extra equipment (sleds, guns, sticks, rocks) deemed to be less lady-like and more womanly?
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Ladies is an old term. So anything sport that's been in the olympics a long time.. say before 1980 is ladies' and anything new is women's!
My favourite is the Women's 2-man Bobsleigh.