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originally posted by: howtonhawky
originally posted by: DanDanDat
Why are we watching or placing any importance in other people running?
More of us need to get off our own lazy butts and run more; but watching other people run, that just seems like a waist of time.
It's even worse that we are now worried that these other people we are watching run might not win because someone else is better at it than they are.
some are much better at it...
Biological sex affects every part of us, down to the cellular level. Women and men are more similar than different (we’re all human beings) but our sex informs our bodily structure & function, metabolic processes, and health outcomes.
Men have bigger heads, longer arms and longer legs than women, relative to body size. Sources differ on comparative limb length but they all agree women have smaller, lighter heads & necks. Did you know a human head weighs about 5kg?
Women’s elbows & shoulders are slightly different from men’s. Our arms bend a little further from our bodies and are more mobile at both joints.
Women have a longer torso. Our skeleton accommodates extra reproductive organs and finds space to push things out of the way during pregnancy. It makes our legs shorter than men’s.
Men’s legs are straighter because of their narrow pelvis. Women’s slanted thigh bones put extra pressure on the knee joints, which have to rotate while men’s do not.
Women’s skulls are thicker by 10% but men tend to have a bony ridge on the brow line and a heavier jaw. The male forehead is likely to slope backwards; women’s are more vertical.
Eyesight: Women’s colour perception and peripheral vision are better than men’s. Men do better on long distance focus. These may be evolutionary adaptations for childcare and hunting, respectively.
The new policy was criticized for essentially expelling hyperandrogenic athletes from participating in professional sports unless they undergo dramatic medical modifications, and was recently suspended temporarily by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after runner Dutee Chand refused to regulate her testosterone levels in order to compete as a female.4 The CAS decision reenergized the cultural and scientific testosterone debate, and was marked by the introduction of new arguments regarding whether or not the testosterone rule serves the objective of ‘fairness’ in sports.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Gryphon66
If we are talk science, Ill need my points regarding skeleton to be resolved. Because physics controls physical movement.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Well that explains why I did so well running, I am physically built more like a man - longer arms and legs, shorter torso, more sloping forehead, etc.
That doesn't mean I could compete against actual men though.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Gryphon66
If we are talk science, Ill need my points regarding skeleton to be resolved. Because physics controls physical movement.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: howtonhawky
Hint: Your article is talking about women competing as women.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Well that explains why I did so well running, I am physically built more like a man - longer arms and legs, shorter torso, more sloping forehead, etc.
That doesn't mean I could compete against actual men though.
You could probably compete against about 80% of men and win.
originally posted by: howtonhawky
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: howtonhawky
Hint: Your article is talking about women competing as women.
oh noes
must be the end of the world for you to have to see such madness
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Gryphon66
Not anymore, and even then, they had to be the guys who did nothing. Guys who were in shape were going to be tough to beat, even for a high functioning female athlete.
Now, if we were going over hurdles or high jumping maybe, but a straight sprint?