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Sure but you are probably aware that all boys being born have higher strength than females, just because of biology. Then of course in life as we grow, some men don’t maintain that strength and lose it. But I think it’s still accurate to think that men in general are stronger than women, even if there are exceptions.

Otherwise we are just ignoring a fact of how our bodies are different.

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But due to how natural selection works, that’s a self-fulfilling argument. Men are biologically stronger specifically because people have made the argument you’re making for hundreds of thousands of years, thereby selecting for the pattern you’re claiming exists.

When you’re looking for someone to do a task, you aren’t looking for a biological explanation, you aren’t looking for a man, you’re looking for someone who can do the task.

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I don’t think people have selected for that. It was necessary in the past to be strong to survive and provide for your family. So those genes were selected because those people could survive long enough to have kids. If you were too weak, you didn’t make it.

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I’m not saying it was deliberate (i.e. artificial) selection, the selection was natural. I’m just saying, think on it more.

It was necessary in the past to be strong to survive and provide for your family

But you’re saying those genes weren’t required by females for some reason? Why? Honestly the only answer is: because it just happened to work out that way. The evolutionary coin could have just as easily flipped the other way and resulted in women being biologically predisposed to be stronger. We see this in many animal species, in fact.

We have a history of giving jobs to men because we’ve conflated their gender with other capabilities, not because they actually are the most capable. But my point is, we’re smart enough as a species to not do that anymore.

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Gee, Mr. Manager, that’s odd, I lift and carry my husband in and out of his wheelchair everyday because he’s a quad and was a floppy baby who’s never walked, but apparently “all boys being born have higher strength than females just because of biology.”

You’re sure it’s ALL boys? You’re absolutely sure that strength between two individuals is dependent upon their sex? We’re the same age and height. I weigh more because he has no muscles and I do. And yet, SOMEHOW, I’m a woman.

Gee, ladies , why are we NOT surprised at that “boys”/“females” word choice in Mr. Manager’s assertion?

I guess it didn’t take long for the incels to follow the crowd over from Reddit.

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I’m sure there are exceptions like in your case. But in general yes, boys are born physically stronger. Your insults won’t change those facts. But you know, you can have your own beliefs. That’s the great thing about life. If you want to believe that females are physically stronger, or that there is no difference between men and females physical strength, you can do that.

You are acting quite immature with your insults here. If you can’t even talk about these things without getting upset, maybe you are not completely objective here. Give it some thought.

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Oh you’re also one of the ones who likes to pretend he’s being strictly logical and doesn’t realize how his prejudices and emotional insecurities show through in his posts. I’m sorry you’re threatened by the fact that your masculinity doesn’t guarantee you greater strength than most women. If you want to be physically strong you’re going to have to get off the couch and exercise those muscles and ligaments. And if you want your opinions to be respected, you need to exercise respect for facts, even when it’s women telling them to you. You speak like someone whose notions of “biology” haven’t changed since they were 5 years old. There’s a whole lot of “Mom said I can’t hit girls but I really wish I could” leaking out all over the place in your comments. I’m sorry you’re so emotionally stunted and I sincerely wish growth for you.

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