I can't think of many sports where women are allowed to compete against the men (or are they allowed in all sports and just not up to the job??) - there's showjumping or other equine stuff where they do - but is this because they are riding a living beast, and the riders input is less physical?
Are women allowed to play in the football leagues, even if they were good enough?
There are women's football leagues, but these don't attract the interest that man's football does - this must be true of most sports?
In order for women to get really noticed in sport, they need to compete against the men, look at - the world's top woman golfer - Annika Sorenstam; in order to raise her commercial awareness (and marketability) she has been invited to enter male golf tournaments - and not making the cut.
In truth it was a bit of a PR exercise and the more this happens, the less impact it has, and there was a lot of anti-feeling amounst the male golfers.
Are there any sports where women create a better spectator sport than men - oh yeh - Beach Volleyballl!!!!!
Tim
