Is Ladies Day at the Races outdated and sexist?

JupiterKid · 07-08-2018 06:19PM #1

According to a journo in the Indo it is. She opines that the entire concept of "ladies day" where women dress up to the so-called "nines" in dresses and fancy hats at horse racing events are a sexist anachronism that does not belong in the 21st century. After all, there is no "gentlemans day."

When womens sport is often under-reported and sidelined in the media and the success of the Irish women's hockey team making it to the finals in the World Championships, does she have a point?

Link here:
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20180806/281689730630700

JohnnyFlash · 07-08-2018 06:20PM

No

Kolido · 07-08-2018 06:23PM

Dont watch racing but cant see any harm in it. Is anyone really bothered about it?

Jim Bob Scratcher · 07-08-2018 06:23PM

If a Gentlemans day existed the feminists would be up in arms :rolleyes:

Muahahaha · 07-08-2018 06:28PM

ah jaysis more tosh. If the ladies want to dress up and compete in a fashion contest then let them off, free choice and all that.

07-08-2018 06:29PM

Sure there is prizes for best dressed men at races too?!

beertons · 07-08-2018 06:30PM

Some lads want to see more than a few horses.

Outlaw Pete · 07-08-2018 06:30PM

I remember a mate of mine, who has since passed away, winning best dressed as part of a couple at the Curragh around 2005.

All seems harmless enough and there's this....

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/plate-day-best-dressed-newcastle-14850187

buried · 07-08-2018 06:33PM

Lets kill all the craic everywhere for everybody and all go live in a bowl of grey soup

pleas advice · 07-08-2018 07:25PM

Some fine fillies on show all-right,

Taytoland · 07-08-2018 07:29PM

It's called traditionalism. A weird concept in these "progressive" times.

Donald Trump · 07-08-2018 07:30PM

Get your tits out for the lads

Sorry, that might come across as sexist and un-pc

Let me rephrase:
Get your tits out for the lads and the ladies

dxhound2005 · 07-08-2018 07:34PM

Donald Trump wrote: »

Get your tits out for the lads

Sorry, that might come across as sexist and un-pc

Let me rephrase:
Get your tits out for the lads and the ladies

Get your lads out for the ladies.

Ulysses Gaze · 07-08-2018 07:35PM

Who is she to be telling other women what they can and can't enjoy doing?

Kolido · 07-08-2018 07:39PM

Its no more outdated than the rose of tralee or miss world

bloodless_coup · 07-08-2018 07:39PM

I was under the impression women were as free as men to make a choice in what they do.

And if a woman wants to dress up for Ladies Day, or if a woman wants to be a pit girl for Formula 1, shouldn't they be allowed to do so?

I wonder is a lot of the origins of this ****e just ugly women jealous of good looking / fashionable women.

Yer Da sells Avon · 07-08-2018 07:44PM

It's no more outdated than getting little people with whips to sit on horses and race each other around a field.

P_1 · 07-08-2018 07:48PM

If someone wants to go to the races in all their finery then what the harm really? Its not as if they're hurting anyone like

Ulysses Gaze · 07-08-2018 07:49PM

doylefe wrote: »

I was under the impression women were as free as men to make a choice in what they do.

And if a woman wants to dress up for Ladies Day, or if a woman wants to be a pit girl for Formula 1, shouldn't they be allowed to do so?

I wonder is a lot of the origins of this ****e just ugly women jealous of good looking / fashionable women.

The Pit Girls issue is coming from F1's new owners who want a clean slate and are an American Multinational Media Agency.

It does not surprise me they did it.

Of course they could have salvaged the whole thing by adding Grid Guys as well....

Instead of making a lot of women unemployed.

Ulysses Gaze · 07-08-2018 07:50PM

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

It's no more outdated than getting little people with whips to sit on horses and race each other around a field.

They prefer the term Horizontally Challenged....

07-08-2018 07:53PM

Shur the next thing will be the trannies entering anyway..

andekwarhola · 07-08-2018 07:54PM

There's nothing more guaranteed to make certain women blow a gasket than other women having the temerity to decide themselves whether or not they wish to do so called girly things.

As if they're (especially attractive, 'dumb' or 'working class' ones) all part of some monolithic herd that exist only to further your splenetic media career aspirations.

Mrs OBumble · 07-08-2018 07:56PM

pleas advice wrote: »

Some fine fillies on show all-right,

Lots of lamb dressed as mutton. Precious few ladies, though.

07-08-2018 07:58PM

Literally no idea what the problem is with getting dressed up. It's more insulting of her to call them clothes horses. And the article is terribly written...

Rjd2 · 07-08-2018 08:03PM

Maybe just maybe some women like to dress up once in a blue moon and have the crack and get away from the drudgery of life?

andekwarhola · 07-08-2018 08:03PM

The journalist has probably been monitoring social media sites to see if it triggers people, me included

and breathing a sigh of relief.

work · 07-08-2018 08:06PM

A harmless tradition. It's more about the putting of the look together....I think? Anyway the ladies love it. I worked with a girl that one a big one, don't remember which, getting dressed up was huge for her. She was smart and well rounded otherwise, no bimbo.
Anyway OK question to ask but I see no harm in it. I also agree that's a men's prize should always be present so as to be fair.

Donald Trump · 07-08-2018 08:06PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Get your lads out for the ladies.

Mine is out permanently.

Grayson · 07-08-2018 08:10PM

Is it sexist? Dunno. Probably not.

Do they look stupid in those hats? definitely.

Edit a Google Image search for "races ladies day" brings up this as the first result

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Ulysses Gaze · 07-08-2018 08:13PM

Grayson wrote: »

Is it sexist? Dunno. Probably not.

Do they look stupid in those hats? definitely.

Some of the hats.....

Grayson · 07-08-2018 08:13PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

The journalist has probably been monitoring social media sites to see if it triggers people, me included and breathing a sigh of relief.

She probably ran out of stuff to write about. Plus it's the indo.

Is Ladies Day at the Races outdated and sexist?

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