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Skittles

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33. these kind of men don't fear women WINNING

Reply to Enrique (Reply #27)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 01:10 AM

Jul 2012

they fear WOMEN - end of story!!

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1967: a woman ran in the Boston Marathon. A race official reacted violently [View all] Bucky Jul 2012 OP

Great photo. Brickbat Jul 2012 #1

Switzer was welcomed by many, many of the male runners obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #8

Amazing what we can now take for granted. undeterred Jul 2012 #2

I am more than old enough to remember those days. RebelOne Jul 2012 #4

thanks for posting that incredibly important reminder... we've come far, but we surely aren't there, hlthe2b Jul 2012 #3

K & R thanks very much. Still a beautiful spirit, here she is in Berlin 2011: freshwest Jul 2012 #5

Marathon Woman pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #9

Cheers to you, too. freshwest Jul 2012 #10

She looks great, too. Quantess Jul 2012 #11

Well, it depends. randome Jul 2012 #19

You can always go running at night, with the dog. Quantess Jul 2012 #25

That's what I do. Sort of. I run early in the morning, before the Sun is up. randome Jul 2012 #31

Does anyone remember that woman who jumped into the NYC marathon back in the day, and either "won" monmouth Jul 2012 #6

I remember. schmice Jul 2012 #12

HAHAHA, Oh lordy, never heard that one before. Excellent and welcome to DU...n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #15

In 1982, Ruiz was arrested for embezzling $60,000 from a real estate company... HiPointDem Jul 2012 #13

Totally believable woman... Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #16

She and Joan Benoit are two big heroes of mine obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #7

"How dare you disprove sexist pseudoscience about women's health!" Odin2005 Jul 2012 #14

Not just at the time, well past that obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #18

Yeah, because they'd get their period or something. Of course, they could spend 36 hours in labor valerief Jul 2012 #30

Amazing. Rex Jul 2012 #17

sequence of photos pokerfan Jul 2012 #20

What is amazing to me (4 marathons myself) is the full gray sweats and the shoes underpants Jul 2012 #23

I'm not sure why they'd oppose it, even from a sexist standpoint 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #21

me too Enrique Jul 2012 #27

these kind of men don't fear women WINNING Skittles Jul 2012 #33

It's not prejudice born of fear. Men and women get separate medals. Bucky Jul 2012 #29

Had never heard this story before. wickerwoman Jul 2012 #22

As a runner and 4 time "the distance" finisher I offer a short history -- good read underpants Jul 2012 #24

What an imbecile. tabasco Jul 2012 #26

Fascist bastard would fit in great with the modern B Calm Jul 2012 #28

What brought this on? Very old news. virgogal Jul 2012 #32

just so everyone knows Skittles Jul 2012 #34