math your last post really made me think.
So if girls were separated off for say maths and physics and were good, but only good in comparison to other girls and not competitive with the boys, then what would happen when they got to the job market? We don't have physics jobs for girls and physics jobs for boys. We all have to compete as equals (which, thanks to male privilege and gender stereotyping we aren't).
So what does equality of opportunity mean?
I think it means different things when you are talking about accessing services or leisure time activities than it does when you talk about accessing the job market.
In the areas not to do with jobs we think everyone should have an equal opportunity to access resources and activities. So men, women, TM, TW should all have the chance to use a swimming pool or a bus without fear.
When it comes to jobs, we limit the equality of opportunity argument because not everyone has equal chance of being a physicist or a super model. Their genetics largely determine there potential in both these activities. But we do say that for two people equally able to do the job there should be no variation in opportunity over any other characteristic. Or in other words you can't demand a job as a physicist if you can't do A-level maths....if you can't do maths then you have no right to a job in this area. If women are less able at maths on average then tough shit - there are no physics jobs just for women because they can't compete on the maths front with men.
From fire service, police service, the army etc. If women can't make the physical grade then they can't serve. Sometimes they have to make a lower physical grade but if I were a man that could make the womens but not the mens fitness grade I would be suing their asses off for that one. Either the job requires a certain level of fitness or it doesn't. Maybe now they can side step the issue by declaring they feel they are women...
So how does this apply to sport? If it is professional level then it is a job and the relevant criteria is 'are you any good at sport'. If you aren't any good at sport then you don't have any right to a career in sport. If women on average are less good at sport than men, then why should there be a special category of sports jobs just for women?
Sport seems to be one of the few places you get to do a job even if you aren't very good at it as long as you are a woman?