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- From: kimmyd@bnr.ca (Kimmy Posey P920)
- Subject: Re: genetics (was Re: Walking her to the car.)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.175514.25454@brtph560.bnr.ca>
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- References: <1992Jul28.171426.28118@ncar.ucar.edu> <1992Aug11.175613.475@brtph560.bnr.ca> <1992Aug11.181746.9335@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <1992Aug14.094954.8975@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992Aug14.122558.8576@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:55:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug14.122558.8576@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal) writes:
- |> query@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Samuel Green) writes:
- |> >It is pretty much a fact: Your average male is genetically given a higher
- |> >ability to fight than your average woman, while potentials may differ.
- |>
- |> There is no evidence that the difference in women and men's strength in our
- |> society is genetic. It could be entirely cultural.
- |>
- |> *NOTE* I said NO EVIDENCE. Responding with "come on, surely it's genetic" is
- |> not a valid counterargument (though it's the one I usually get).
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- Pick up a copy of "Muscle & Fitness" magazine. Find a photo of the largest,
- most powerful pro builders of both genders. Compare the two. Now, think about
- how they got that way. They eat the same food, train with the same equipment,
- read the same things, think about the same things, talk about the same things.
- Obviously before they started training they may have lived differently but to
- me comparing Anja Schreiner or even Paula Birchumshaw to Dorian Yates or Lee
- Haney is EVIDENCE ENOUGH. Some of the difference in strength *MAY* be cultural.
- But to suggest that it is entirely cultural just doesn't ring true. IMO the
- difference is *MOSTLY* genetic.
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- KimmyD
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