Why do they separate males & females in the diving events like synchronized and spring board..?

Question

Could they not easily compete against one another?

From what I see it is based on skill?

Answer 1

Cause the girls would be so pretty it would distract the guyz and none of them would jump quite right, Either that or the guyz would actually preform better cause the want to impress the girls, and they would hope for some action.  Either way, it would affect the men's preformance.  And we cant have things preventing preformance getting in the way.

Answer 2

its supposed to make things fair although i can understand girls competing against guys cause they could but when it comes to judging there are things they can judge women on that they cant on guys and so on and so forth

Answer 3

because everything is seperated by gender.. to make it more fair. girls are more limber and can manipulate their bodies easier. making it harder to score girls and guys on the same scale.

Answer 4

to make the competition fair!  

Answer 5

because of size and flexibility mostly is the only reason they do it. I could add more and make t look impressve but there is not much more to say

Answer 6

Men and Women are different.  not better or worse just different.

Answer 7

nothing better to do

Answer 8

Men are not as flexible and their forms are much more bulkier than women. Therefore, unfair advantages to women....and they are more cute (women that is).

Answer 9

The men bounce a lot harder on the board than the women do. All of the sports are based on skill.  Even weight lifting requires some sort of skill.

Answer 10

because then people would know who is better males of females

Answer 11

I think its because the body mass of men and women are different. So if their together, the dive will have too many flaws!

Answer 12

Physical capabilities are a bit different. You can't judge a man on the same principles if the woman has it easier time and vice versa

Answer 13

Muscle to fat ratio is significantly different between genders

Muscle type and shape is different between genders

Endurance, based on muscle type, is different between genders.

Basically, their bodies are different enough that in gender competition there would be an unfair advantage for both genders.

Plus:  They're just not ready to take us on!  ;-]