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Sorry, but biology kind of agrees that telling a weak boy that he "hits like a girl" is a valid snark. There may be weak boys and strong girls, that doesn't mea
by wheelerof4te 3y ago
Sorry, but biology kind of agrees that telling a weak boy that he "hits like a girl" is a valid snark. There may be weak boys and strong girls, that doesn't mean that, on average, the boys tend to be much stronger.
- Eisenstein 3y agoI mean, until puberty is there really that much of a difference in muscle development?
- sudosysgen 3y agoNo, there isn't. In fact, since girls have puberty a bit sooner, there's some amount of time when you can expect a similarly-sized girl to be stronger.
- MrJohz 3y agoBoys tend to be more active and do more sports, which causes a bit of a virtuous cycle where because they're more active, they get better at things like sport than girls simply because they're practicing. Girls raised with brothers tend to also be more active and better at sports. I recently read Pink Brain, Blue Brain by Lise Eliot, which explores a lot of these differences, where they come from, and to what extent we can find biological causes for them. It's really interesting, and she gets into a lot of details analysing various studies and theories.
- proge 3y agoThere's some indication that there is, though more research needs to be done, here's a video detailing some of what's already reported in the literature: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xqxvgfFMdEo&t=3m46s https://youtube.com/watch?v=xqxvgfFMdEo&t=3m46s
- Eisenstein 3y agoAt first glance that video looks like a reaction to transgender sports issues and I have no interest in that as I cannot trust the presentation to be unbiased as it is a hotbutton cultural issue. The first slide is specifically referencing studies which claim that there is no difference pre-puberty and has a heading labeled 'the problem'. I hope you can understand why I am not going to watch the rest of it. I prefer a study or a meta-study so that I don't have someone reaching conclusions for me while cherry picking data points.
- proge 3y agoThat's unfortunate you would disregard the presentation at the first slide based on how it's worded. Regardless of how one may feel about the issue of men in women's sports, it's an interesting walk through a wide selection of research on this topic, all of it appropriately cited, by an academic who has himself published many papers in the field of sports science.
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- Eisenstein 3y agoI am curious how you found that video. What were you looking for when you found it? Are you a researcher in that field?
- proge 3y agoI'm not a researcher in that field, though I did used to work in biomedical research a long time ago in a different field. I got the link from a group chat where we talk about feminism and women's rights.
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