Extreme Park Crashes Taking Outsize Toll on Women

New York Times ^ | February 18, 2014 | JOHN BRANCH

[Secret Agent Man]

Equality. Women are equal until they demand unequal special treatment.

Note if a man brought this up saying we have to protect these little waify women from courses too difficult for them to handle,

guess how that would be taken.

Point is, men saying this would be slammed for paternalism and sexism. The other point is I thought women could do physical things equal or better than guys. These are the top female athletes in the world, no less.

[eldoradude]

I have an idea. Why don't they leave all of those athletes off in Siberia with a GPS and guns or knives for hunting, let them choose skis or skates or sleds, and make it a survival game. Everyone who gets to Sochi alive gets a medal and an interview with the NBC interviewer of their choice.

I like it. Extreme Olympics...although instead of leaving the NBC interviewers in Sochi they should go with the athletes, and the ones who make it back get to be on TV for the next 4 years.

[WellyP]

“Park” is making ski racing at all levels look tame!