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[–]MarkTwainiac 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just want to add this to my earlier comment in case someone brings it up.

In 2012, a lot of stories ran in the MSM saying new research had determined that there's no difference in male and female athletic performance in any sport before puberty. But this was wild generalization made on the basis of one paper having to do with one even in one sport - swimming. In the paper at issue, a researcher at Indiana University compared the best swim times of male and female competitors age 6-19 in the 50-yard freestyle over five years, and

found no difference in swim performance in children younger than 8. It also found little difference in 11- and 12-year-olds. The effects of puberty began showing in the older swimmers, as the boys began experiencing accelerated growth in height, weight and strength typical of age 13 and older.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/iu-wsg052512.php

All the press who reported on this paper, and the researcher himself, portrayed his finding about one event in swimming to mean that boys & girls are equally matched in all athletics prior to puberty. And neither this researcher nor anyone in the MSM who misleadingly presented his findings seemed to realize something anyone who has grown up swimming knows: males' lower body fat and greater bone density is a disadvantage in swimming, whereas females' higher body fat and lower bone density are advantages. Coz of buoyancy. It's why even before puberty, males can't do water ballet.