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Originally Posted by chucksabr

Why do we not see the best female athletes regularly competing with the best male athletes in golf, tennis, bowling, track and field, volleyball, basketball, or speed skating? These are all well-established sports for women, as well as for men. If the ability of women to compete at the same exact speed and strength level as men depends only on the circumstance that females start their sport as early as the males do, and that they grow up to attain the optimal physical stature their sex allows, shouldn't there be a cohort of top female athletes in each of these sports that are just as fast, just as strong and just as accomplished as the top male athletes, and thus be able to compete with one another on an even basis?

Since we don't see this today, is it only cultural sexism, and no other factor, that prevents this from occurring?

Uhh, Lexi Thompson just competed in a golf team event last week... And they were 3 shots out of 1st after 3 rounds...