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Women Are Strong
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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2026
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As a smaller, weaker man, I'm always amazed that people think women are "inherently" weaker. Yes, stats matter, but there are so many woman who are drasticly stronger, and larger than me.
And good for them. I've never really been intimidated by that. I don't understand this insecurity, but then again, I'm not a fucking fascist.
Also, I find the sports debate silly. We have different weight classes for different sports. Why is it suddenly different when its male vs female? Just do similar things, with similar controls.
There are no rules in the NFL against women playing in the sport professionally. Just saying.
And how many high schools allow girls to play on the football team?
Probably none. And why would they? That would be pretty insane, honestly. That was the whole point.
Yeah, exactly. Because it's more of a societal expectation, than a reality in any measured sense. And a very toxic expectation at that. Is the defence of "men stronger" because those defending have been beaten about the head by this expectation so much that it has harmed their sense of self and self worth. And admitting it's not accurate might cause them a form of ego death. (Which wouldn't be bad, ego formed from toxic beliefs isn't a good way to live, burn it all down and rebuild, I say).
Whilst what you say is correct for you. It is extremely likely that you are stronger than a woman of the same height and weight as you.
I am a regular sized guy (for NZ); there are a bunch of women bigger than me and stronger than me. For example Dame Valerie Adams is epic. No contest, bigger and stronger than me, she is a similar age also.
Women are physically "inherently" weaker; for a given size/weight. But that is also dependent on context; e.g. I'm a rock climber; so I tend to a slimmer build, big muscles are just extra weight to pull up a wall, I climb with a bunch of women, some similar build than me and most of them are just better climbers. Skill, endurance, grip strength, flexibility, balance...are all factors, as are injury history and how you are feeling on the day. But this is not competitive climbing, we are all just there for fun. If it were, I wouldn't be in their grade (thankfully).
Women are "inherently" weaker than men, this is why when it comes to situations where this is a factor, we don't compete directly.
How many men and how many women, before an equation is made? Who's done this measuring? There's so much propaganda around the premise, how do you separate reality from the brain washing capitalism needs you to believe to take advantage of free labour etc. How long has this been a belief. Ancient women fought in wars and hunted, and were buried with a top warriors honours. Archaeologists (who were mostly men, at times when women weren't allowed to do the job) thought these bones were men, because of a bias belief. I could point out so many more obvious bias that support the building of this propaganda. It's definitely become propaganda, because it's being used to down tread and opress a whole class of people. So how much is propaganda. How much are you accidentally believing that isn't true. And are you flexible enough in your thinking to really question it and redefine things for yourself. Maybe that's always been a toxic belief.