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Joan Newton Cuneo, racecar driver, ~1910 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would be more curious to find out more about why they were banning women from racing. It doesn’t sound like it was a universal push from the drivers, and the manufacturers she drove with seemed happy to have her. Sexism is obviously the problem, but what were they afraid of? If more women were racing they would leave their husbands and neglect their children?

I’m also curious to know more about the murder charges her mechanic beat. When I see the son of a wealthy family has been acquitted of murder charges I’m more likely to suspect he was actually guilty but had powerful attorneys.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Sexism is obviously the problem, but what were they afraid of?

Administrators tend to think in the abstract - they'll revert to what they believe in. Participants tend to think in-context - they can ignore what they believe in if the milieu functions to their liking.

Racers see another racer first, another lovable lunatic with a lead foot who understands the thrill of the race, and a woman second. She's not a woman, per se, she's One Of Us.

The suits saw a woman first and foremost.