Question about men competing in women’s sports

I hear we are physically equal. We have same physical abilities.

You hearing something different?

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One clear, scientific difference is that men have 40% bigger throats,

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I want LeBron James to become LaToya James and go play in WNBA.

Boy what a story it would be.

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Are physical sporting activities that different than dragging fire hoses, wrestling with suspects on the ground, running after suspects, carrying people out of buildings, etc.?

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Men generally have 50%–90% greater upper body strength with an extra ~65% more muscle mass overall. This comes from higher testosterone which is responsible for larger muscle fiber size (especially Type II/fast-twitch). Along with this, men generally have ~50–65% greater lower body strength. (that extra strength difference can change based on exercise habits)

Men are generally ~7–8% taller on average than women with higher-density and thicker bones which translates to better resistance to fractures and support for the larger muscles. We have
~10–12% higher hemoglobin as well as larger heart and lung sizes which equates to greater oxygen-carrying capacity.

Getting deeper into the biology, we have higher aerobic power (VO2 max ~10–20% higher even relative to lean mass) giving us greater explosive power (jumping, throwing, sprinting) and lower body fat percentages (~1.6x less fat than females).

This is why we succeed far more in physical endeavors than women, why there often is a need to lower physical requirements for women in jobs involving lots of physical labor and why it should absolutely be considered abusive for men to be competing in women's sports.

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Are physical sporting activities that different than dragging fire hoses, wrestling with suspects on the ground, running after suspects, carrying people out of buildings, etc.?

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Just a few examples of how women brought men in sports on themselves. Now cry me a river.

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One clear, scientific difference is that men have 40% bigger throats,

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Mikelbr says hi

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Yet there's close to 0 TD members who've gone sub flojo in the 100m and it gets significantly worse if I were to say Katie Ledecky in a 4-1500 free... yet there are hundreds, if not thousands here who think they stack up vs the best women in any sport

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I don' think training alone could push someone to women's sprinting records or the 2:15 women's marathon record etc., but these kinds of statements always leave out that the average Baw isn't training like Katie Ledecky either.

If they did, they would come alot closer than the average woman, it's not really debateable

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but these kinds of statements always leave out that the average Baw isn't training like Katie Ledecky either.

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The "average baw" is 100% entirely incapable of training like ledecky, given any period of time. frick, i could spot you 3 generations and the average baw here couldn't sire a descendant capable of such.

To really hammer this flawed thinking, your average baw here was nothing like capable of being a college athlete, in any sport. October of 2021 katie hopped in and raced the uf and uga men, in the 500 free. She beat 3 men college athletes, on a top 5 ranked team... and a uga swimmer as well.

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Serena Williams against the men was illuminating. The assumption that an elite woman against the 200th ranked man would be a uncompetitive match was incorrect. Not because she won handily, because she got blown out.

If you eliminated the different categories for men and women you destroy women's sports. The difference in strength and speed is just too large.