Thank you for (indirectly) supporting my decision to never move back ever.

In related news, “Rich, crazy, old white guy favours rich, crazy, old white guy”.

I’m a pretty good judge of whether or not I’m faking something, and nope, still not doing it. Do you have something substantive to say, or are you just going to keep repeating the same lie?

Heh, yep. Free tires, existing camaraderie with other participants, etc. I can’t fault folks who do the ladies’ class, but I do think the idea eventually needs to go the way of the dodo.

IIRC, the women’s Solo class was started to encourage female participation—to give women who are there anyway watching along a place to compete. (I’ve asked “why is this a thing?” before because, well, why is this a thing?) It’s a very old-fashioned solution to getting women involved, regardless, and to its credit,…

You might try prying you head out of your asshole if you can get some leverage on it, okay? If you’re a girl who likes car things at all, you’re still even today subject to being treated like a clueless ditz. When my brother (who knows nothing about cars) walks into the autoparts store, he is treated like he knows…

Scroll up. Read the bio at end of the article. I am female, by the way, and have no idea what to make of your “just protecting a woman” nonsense. (Besides the fact that it’s utter and complete BS, of course.)

I get “who are you with?” or “are you so-and-so’s daughter/niece/girlfriend/relative/etc.?” a lot. That’s pretty terrible.

That wasn’t the offensive part, and it’s clear that you either didn’t read the article, didn’t pay attention or just didn’t care.

Very rarely. Very, very rarely.

Dude, no, it’s not a happy place for that garbage. Usually you make better comments than this, and you seem to be cognizant that you’re saying the kinds of things that do pop you into the greys.

Just wanted to throw my support behind you here. Your comments on this article have been thoughtful and well-written, and I’m with you.

There have been women in racing and all other sports. There has also been a concerted effort on the part of men, particularly men in power to discourage women’s participation. I don’t think you can argue that point competently.

“I don’t see it as some kind of systematic problem.” - That’s the problem, and I can’t make you see that; you’re from the outside looking in, so it’s hard to know what’s really going on. It literally doesn’t affect you, or I, at all, so it’s really easy to ignore.

But if I tried to make you look into it, the biggest…

I think saying no woman has stepped up is bogus. Andretti and Bernie are part of a group that actively worked to prevent women from entering competition for a long time. And now, after working to keep women out they are confused as to why there aren’t more women drivers?

“It Took A Legendary Woman To Demolish Bernie Ecclestone’s Dumb Sexist Comment”

Part of it is a numbers game. The vast majority of men who enter the sport go nowhere. If women are discouraged from participating, you have fewer of them and thus fewer chances of a woman rising to the top of the sport.

Eh, kinda. It’s a societal problem. The cycle is still ongoing. You could have the greatest parents in world - but there’s still the media, your friends, random people - it’s everywhere. He’s failing to acknowledge that. And yeah, it’s hard to be racecar driver, but it shouldn’t be because of one’s genitals, it should…

That’s what I don’t get: why the fuck are these men, men who have daughters, actively trying to keep women down? My father was a HUGE feminist because he understood equality and diversity are good things. Diversity makes things better and more competitive. I guess that's our answer: they don't want better or…

It’s more likely a socialized thing. Girls don’t grow up hearing this is something that they can try. If we had TONS of women trying to do this sport and not succeeding, perhaps you would have a point, but it isn’t like that. And it’s because of socialized conditioning. The minute we get more people encouraging more…