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Originally Posted by driveway
Now, there are situations where individual women, either through exceptional skill or lack of other opportunities may play sports at the same level as the men. Michelle Wie is an excellent example of a woman trying to achieve the requisite skill to play her sport against men. Danika Patrick is an example of a woman who has achieved that skill and also does not have the opportunity to participate in a women's division in her sport.
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These aren't great examples as neither of these two actually have the skill to have been given the opportnities they did and only got to where they did because they were women.
Wie was brutal when playing with men and hasn't been all that great with the women either.
Patrick has been handed every advantage imaginable and still is at best an average driver. That would be expected of almost any driver below her in the standings if they were given the same advantages. In fact looking at the team/equipment she has had she has probably done worse than what would be expected for an average-below average driver.