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Thread ID: 122794 2012-01-13 01:41:00 They're not drinking her beer there fred_fish (15241) PC World Chat
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1253816 2012-01-13 18:19:00 What are they worried about - she might win? Should be able to enter a contest that doesn't specifically involve something only men are physically capable of. Now if it was a ....no, we won't go there....... pctek (84)
1253817 2012-01-13 21:37:00 Why dont women just make their own comp? Dont really see the big deal to be honest. rob_on_guitar (4196)
1253818 2012-01-14 06:41:00 Yeah it's a big deal outta nothing. Echoing the prior sentiments:
1) Woman brewing beer, it does *not* get any better than that!
2) Suck it up, go start your own female-only one and stick it to the guys by challenging them to a brew-off between the winners.
3) It's their contest, they can do as they like, just like you have gender-specific gyms, and same for gender-specific changing rooms at the pools. It's a fact of life, deal with it.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1253819 2012-01-14 20:39:00 What does it matter whether a man or women brews the beer as long as it tastes good.

Just like in the Tui factory.

Well, all except the tasting good bit.
pine-o-cleen (2955)
1253820 2012-01-14 20:52:00 Just like in the Tui factory.

Well, all except the tasting good bit.

It's nothing like Tui I bet the woman concerned can make real beer which is totally different from the weak as rat's P$#s that Tui make
gary67 (56)
1253821 2012-01-14 20:57:00 Imagine the furore then if she enters the male contest and wins :eek: Myth (110)
1253822 2012-01-14 21:39:00 In ancient Egypt the brewers were women... priestesses actually.

Not that it is relevant....
KarameaDave (15222)
1253823 2012-01-14 23:54:00 This link explains the situation:

www.stuff.co.nz

From the article:

Rachel Beer caused a stir when she claimed she was turned down from entering a section of today's Lake Hayes A&P Show's Blokes Homeskills competition because she was a woman.

However, the tongue-in-cheek competition has a large number of categories, including baking, flower arranging and home-brewing, all aimed at inducing typical southern men to step out of their usual comfort zones.

An organiser of the competition, Mike Boyd, yesterday said Ms Beer's entry attempt was turned down because it would have been like a man trying to enter the Speight's Perfect Woman competition.

"This is a fun competition, and we're not taking things too seriously," he said.

"But we're not changing anything either, and this situation reflects on the quality of the reporting that managed to make the front pages in certain papers more than anything."
Jester (13)
1253824 2012-01-15 00:54:00 It's not news and it's not important at all.
So some show had a blokes only contest big deal, I'm sure there were plenty of other events open to everyone. And no one gets upset if there are women only contests.
Seems to me like she was deliberately stirring and Stuff joined in.

Political correctness gets taken way too far. Men and Women should be treated as equals sure, but ignoring the fact they are different or preventing gender specific events is just craziness and nothing to do with equality.
And no they should not be allowed into the All Blacks, full contact sport between Men and Women has many issues that should be obvious to anyone.
dugimodo (138)
1253825 2012-01-15 01:00:00 :blush:
OK, that sheds a bit more light on it.

Seems I am guilty of believing the newspaper troll (and the resource consent troll...).
fred_fish (15241)
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