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1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 00:51:39 EST Ji Fu
   Separate can never be equal, let's eliminate all women's and men's sports. While we arevat it lets eliminate issues from schools altogether.
   McClain to Hold Hearing on Protecting Female Athletics and Title IX - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability https://oversight.house.gov/release/mcclain-to-hold-hearing-on-protecting-female-athletics-and-title-ix%EF%BF%BC/
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 11:34:26 EST lnxw48a1

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      @fu There are differences in physical capabilities that motivate some of this. On average, males are more muscular, so in things like sprinting and weightlifting, they do better. Women tend to excel in certain other sports. (And in super long distance running, men are still slightly ahead, but based on body composition, I expect women to pass them within a few years.)
      
      This is also why there's controversy about transgender athletes. In some cases, an athlete who would have been uncompetitive in the men's sport soars to the top when competing in the women's sport.
      
      Now, this isn't every sport. For example, I don't think that there's any significant difference between the sexes in performance for baseball and softball. If there is a difference, it would be pitching speed and hitting distance. That said, I haven't seen top athletes in either sport compete head to head.
      1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 12:05:09 EST Ji Fu

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         @LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} which is part of the reason that women's sports are so much less popular than men's. In fact, at least in the states, most professional sports don't specifically limit it to men, its just that very few women actually are good enough to compete.