Why do athletic sports separate male and female competitions?
Why do athletic sports separate male and female competitions?
user
That’s a good question.  I’m not sure exactly why the differentiation is made.  In practice, it seems like gender separation helps prevent a large number of people from flooding into men’s and women’s competitions, which would oversaturate the events.
assistant
I think it's due to the biological differences between men and women, and follows similar principles as weight classes in combat sports.
user
Here are some thoughts about why men’s and women’s competitions might have been made different:
assistant
Can you clean up that long answer list a bit into something more concise?
user