Yes, men's sports are generally better funded and more watched, but money and training can't change the limits of human biology. The Williams sisters are some of the most famous and successful athletes in the world and they still both lost to the 200th best male tennis player - ThreadSky

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stanzobrand.bsky.social • 13 days ago

Yes, men's sports are generally better funded and more watched, but money and training can't change the limits of human biology. The Williams sisters are some of the most famous and successful athletes in the world and they still both lost to the 200th best male tennis player

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umlaut.bsky.social•13 days ago

They lost in 1998. Venus and Serena Williams were 18 and 17, respectively at the time and had been playing professionally for 3 or 4 years. Karsten Braasch was 31 and had been playing professionally since 1987.

stanzobrand.bsky.social•13 days ago

The simple fact is that the vast majority of men are stronger than the vast majority of women, whether or not they train

umlaut.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’m interested in the source of your graph. Does it take into account training or is that just an assumption?

stanzobrand.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's from the US Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-12. I found it on Reddit but the CDC link in the post no longer works. It's a representative sample of the population so mostly untrained

umlaut.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yeah the CDC is… having troubles.
But anyway, the graph doesn’t actually support the claim that women cannot train to the same level as men.

stanzobrand.bsky.social•12 days ago

A woman can train to be about as strong as an untrained man, but she'll still be weaker than most trained men

umlaut.bsky.social•12 days ago

What’s the basis for that claim?

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