[cschroe]

So, If my mother who is a 20 handicap decides to play me from the blues, she does not get any extra strokes? Incomplete information for a definitive answer. Making some assumptions from the nature of the way you pased that question, if your Mom is a 20 handicap and so are you, and you both play from the same tees, she gets nada in the stroke department by the rules. Of course, being the mindful and dutiful son that you surely are, you give her strokes just because she's your Mom.

[presidio9]

Nonsense. The sport already recognizes that there are differences between men and women. As a matter of fact, women and men play different courses in more ways than one. Different holes have different handicap numbers for women.

[Bob J]

...if your Mom is a 20 handicap and so are you, and you both play from the same tees, she gets nada in the stroke department by the rules.

This is not correct. Each course and tee has a rating that is combined with your index to get your handicap for that day. If his mother moved from the red to the blues, there would be a correction in her handicap.

BTW - Most people misuse the term handicap. A player does not get a handicap until it is combined with the course rating they are playing. Until then, it is an index.