Gender Descrimination in Sports?

Okay earlier today in my Bahasa class my teacher brought a topic that I'll have to make an essay of:

Should men and women compete together in sports?

This is interesting yet difficult topic for me. My first reaction was to say yes, because it always bothers me that we are separated. But think again... Imagine a woman in a ring with Pacquiao...

So my apologizes that if I cannot participate in this discussion very much for English is not my first language, although I am very interested in what you all here think.

Let's just say the men and women were created having different roles.

I would say it depends on the sport

@jhazzroucher said:

Let's just say the men and women were created having different roles.

i think they should be separated in sports.

It greatly depends on the sport but when it comes down to it men and women are built different on a physiological level. The difference in the center of gravity between a man and a woman right down to the average height and weight is important to think about. Men have a higher potential for muscle mass which makes it easier for them to achieve higher strength and speed over women and even a greater lung capacity. It makes almost anything remotely physical between the two unfair in some way. I wouldn't go as far to call it gender discrimination that they don't compete together. I think the fact that women have leagues of their own to compete with each other in is more about equality than letting them compete with men.

@Uncanny_Doom said:

It greatly depends on the sport but when it comes down to it men and women are built different on a physiological level. The difference in the center of gravity between a man and a woman right down to the average height and weight is important to think about. Men have a higher potential for muscle mass which makes it easier for them to achieve higher strength and speed over women and even a greater lung capacity. It makes almost anything remotely physical between the two unfair in some way. I wouldn't go as far to call it gender discrimination that they don't compete together. I think the fact that women have leagues of their own to compete with each other in is more about equality than letting them compete with men.

well put

I would say the discrimination is in the media. Women's sports don't get the airtime men's sports do.

No, they shouldn't. There's a gap between the physical levels of both genders, no matter the sport.

@gravitypress: Truth.

@gravitypress said:

I would say the discrimination is in the media. Women's sports don't get the airtime men's sports do.

That's because all female sports are boring as hell to watch. Do you know any fans of the WNBA? I don't either.

@A_Nonny_Moose said:

@gravitypress said:

I would say the discrimination is in the media. Women's sports don't get the airtime men's sports do.

That's because all female sports are boring as hell to watch. Do you know any fans of the WNBA? I don't either.

Now thats just too true. Like what other people have said already it depends on the sport. Tennis don't involve physical contact. Most other sports do, in which case it would just be a lawsuit battle everytime they played together.