the press regarding female drivers is 'can women really drive race cars?' and this is often backed up by data on road accidents 'proving' that women are stereotypcially worse drivers.
Racing grids are littered with
grid girls. There are no end to
the opportunities race and
series organisers have to s
ubliminally remind girl racers
of their gender's lack of on-
track success.
Are grid girls the most
offensive thing to feminism
in racing? Frankly, no. The fact
that only 6% of engineers
employed in F1 are
female would probably
be more offensive
to feminist values,
but the inability
of STEM fields
to attract
female
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