Mare/Gelding Bias

<p>Episode 27 is an On the Fence segment. That’s where Jec and I meet on the virtual fence to talk about an issue or topic. Maybe it’s been bugging us or exciting us or simply asking us to give it a good run around the airwaves.</p> <p>“On the fence” is sometimes used as a phrase to indicate undecided, which is funny because us two gals are pretty decided when we meet On the Fence.</p> <p>In this segment, we kind of continue - tangentially anyway - with our Gender Gyrations project to talk about mare/gelding bias in the horse world.</p> <p>Yep. Mares are mare-ish and geldings are not. Or geldings have studdy behavior. Or whatever.</p> <p>And, yes, I’m using the word ‘whatever’ to draw attention to and maybe poke fun at the myriad ways in which we can discriminate against or judge horses by their gender. I think a lot of times it is fun. But it’s fun in the way making fun of someone from Texas is fun. It’s fun in the way making fun of someone who rides English is fun. Which is to say, it really just shows off how uninformed and maybe how ignorant we can be.</p> <p>Blaming a behavior on gender is a good way to let ourselves NOT be accountable for learning the facts and appreciating the larger picture of who this horse is and what its needs are.</p> <p>We thank <a href="https://pharmaloe.com/pages/equine">Pharm Aloe Equine</a> and <a href="https://lucernefarms.com/">Lucerne Farms</a> for their continued support. Pharm Aloe offers aloe pellets and gel and other products to support horses’ GI health, immune system, and other processes.</p> <p>Lucerne Farms is the fantastic forage company based in Northern Maine. Lucerne has an array of products for feeding your horses as well as Koop Klean, for chickens. They both come in handy bales. By the way, feeding forage is wwaayy better than feeding grain. That’s research based. But of course, your horses will tell you, too.</p> <p>Also, we would like to thank <a href= "https://redmondequine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Redmond Equine</a>, <a href="https://katesrealfoo