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Women Are Strong (quokk.au)

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[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I see your point thag this isnt a black and white comparison, and there are definitely societal norms and pressures put onto boys and their performance in sports equating to their self worth.

But until someone can control for those, any other assertion is meaningless and entirely unprovable. The current data in all countries is that, no matter what level of competition you look at, men are faster/stronger on average when you are competing. The sole exception I am aware of where women routinely beat men's records at all levels is ultra endurance running (>50km is the threshold).

I've looked into this previously and am pretty confident. I'd be happy to be proven wrong, so if you can find any competition record with a good number of women and men where the women are equal to the men, on average, please provide it.

I am an athletic person who regularly races in a variety of sports as an adult, as well as various sports from highschool through varsity sports, and in every event I've done (save the ultramarathons noted above) average men times vs average women times are different.