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09 Apr 2018, 2:06 am

LoveNotHate wrote:
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This is about whether the male physique has a "mechanical advantage".

Define "male physique."

If we're going by shoulder width, or shoulder-hip ratio, you'd be surprised how many cisgender athletes would fail that test. Professional athletes condition their bodies from childhood, have higher testosterone levels than non-athletes, and tend to be perceived as "more masculine" regardless of actual gender.

Bigger & longer bones, different center of gravity, taller, broader shoulders ...

See how she towers over the 2nd and 3rd place finishers ...which leads me to believe successful female physique at this level is short and wide ... again .. for better leverage
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here is her using those "man" shoulders and "man" arm span to distribute the weight, so she can lift easier
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I always thought women should have shorter bars in weight lifting.



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09 Apr 2018, 4:02 am

Well, the women got lucky. She put up the highest snatch score by 7KG, but then she got injured.



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09 Apr 2018, 6:21 pm

Ban all sports competition

That way it ain't "discrimination"

Besides not all cisgender women have the same hormone levels

It does not make sense to lump all cisgender women together.

It does not make sense to put male to female transsexuals with cisgender women. Mtf have a strength advantage

Either that, or everyone competes all together



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17 Dec 2021, 2:34 am

Women are weaker physically than men by nature of biology, on average.

It is illogical to have men running roughshod over a woman's competition. Keep the men out.

This video sums it up nicely:


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17 Dec 2021, 3:59 am

I can't see the video for some reason.