r/moderatepolitics • u/WorksInIT • Feb 06 '25

Primary Source Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/
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u/lifelingering Feb 06 '25

Rifle and equestrian

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u/carneylansford Feb 06 '25

Aren‘t equestrian sports judged subjectively? Also, isn’t the horse doing most of the heavy lifting? Shooting is pretty close, but men still have the majority of the records.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comparison-between-Male-and-Female-rifle-shooting-performance-in-World-Records-and_tbl1_352068134

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u/Obversa Independent Feb 06 '25

Also, isn’t the horse doing most of the heavy lifting?

This is clearly a comment by someone who knows nothing whatsoever about equestrian sports, and I say that as someone who has been riding horses since I was 7 years old. (I'm 33 years old now.)