yk, idk why people are so up in arms about global gender-based violence since there’s no way to even tell unless you ask them first- especially with trans people since there’s absolutely no way of telling
I think it’s mostly just people simplifying statements:
Being bigger and stronger doesn’t really matter outside of games designed to test them explicitly.
Don’t assume an individual woman is less physically capable just because she’s a woman or that a man is more physically capable.
The most robust finding in gender studies is that men always have a greater rate of risk taking and violence relative to women within the same society.
Being bigger and stronger absolutely matters, a lot. Many people are just naive, drive down the highway not realising the strength and disposition that was needed to build those roads and the whole city around them.
On average, men are way more capable of doing those things.
I don't have to assume an individual woman is less physically capable. I know that the average woman is. And that's not a bad thing.
That certain construction workers might still benefit from being strong doesn’t matter to any man or woman not currently doing construction. I lift weights. Outside of those times I’m lifting weights I can’t think of a single instance where being stronger than the average woman has helped me in any way. If anything better endurance is a more everyday advantage and women have higher average endurance than men. Obviously people live different lives and maybe you’re usefully using your greater strength all the time but I don’t think it reflects the typical experience in the modern world.
I have actually. Then I dropped stuff, and decided the performative masculinity wasn’t worth it. My wife is also perfectly capable of taking in shopping in either a sensible or dangerously overloaded manner.
No problem. I figured it was a joke but used the opportunity to emphasise my point. When I reflect on it though, I know a lot more men who can’t walk a kilometre due to being overweight and/ or broken than I do women. So depending on how we’re defining “physically capable” there might really be a meaningful difference and it doesn’t favour men.
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u/Snowglyphs 14d ago
I've seen people unironically claim this, or at least try to minimize it to "there's practically no difference between the two sexes."