Comments on: O Canada: Where’s the winter? http://annkillion.com/2010/01/o-canada-wheres-the-winter/ Social Commentary in a Sports Context Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jean Buckley http://annkillion.com/2010/01/o-canada-wheres-the-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Jean Buckley Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:04:54 +0000 http://annkillion.com/?p=192#comment-95 The 2010 Winter Olympics ARE missing a crucial ingredient: women ski jumpers (as your wonderful article in Sports Illustrated pointed out.) Maybe the lack of snow is just a bit of Karma from the Snow Goddess who believes in Gender Equity. Keep up the excellent writing Ann, we are grateful. Similarly, the Summer 2012 games will offer gender equity in all sports, except: Canoe. (Both whitewater slalom and sprint) The gals can get in a kayak, but not a canoe, that is reserved for only men. This is certainly not life or death or a girl being kidnapped into slavery, however, if we even the playing field at the Olympics, maybe some day women from Saudi Arabia and Yemen will be able to participate. By the way, my daughter is the National champion in, you guessed it, Slalom Whitewater Canoe. Bummer. Please write more on this subject. Thanks, Jean Buckley The 2010 Winter Olympics ARE missing a crucial ingredient: women ski jumpers (as your wonderful article in Sports Illustrated pointed out.) Maybe the lack of snow is just a bit of Karma from the Snow Goddess who believes in Gender Equity. Keep up the excellent writing Ann, we are grateful.
Similarly, the Summer 2012 games will offer gender equity in all sports, except: Canoe. (Both whitewater slalom and sprint) The gals can get in a kayak, but not a canoe, that is reserved for only men. This is certainly not life or death or a girl being kidnapped into slavery, however, if we even the playing field at the Olympics, maybe some day women from Saudi Arabia and Yemen will be able to participate. By the way, my daughter is the National champion in, you guessed it, Slalom Whitewater Canoe. Bummer. Please write more on this subject. Thanks, Jean Buckley

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