Online survey finds human gender stereotypes prejudicing mares

Alan Welburn
Updated June 28 2019 - 12:50pm, first published 12:30pm
New research has shown mares are not quite as delicate and dainty as first thought and can be as bossy and unreliable as stallions.
New research has shown mares are not quite as delicate and dainty as first thought and can be as bossy and unreliable as stallions.

GIRLS, Cyndi Lauper said, just want to have fun. But really they've been giving the boys a bad rap, boy horses that is.

Alan Welburn

Alan Welburn

Journalist

Lover of sport, particularly horse racing and all things Olympic. Have spent my entire working life in journalism, mostly with News Corp on its major metro mastheads. Done plenty of things but the best by far is having a teenage son who calls me dad.

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