Grip Strength

If you're the weaker in Grip Strength than 19 out of 20 men, you're still stronger than 9 out of 10 women. One of the simplest examples of biological unfairness is grip strength. Studies like the one below show that 90% of females produced less force than 95% of males. (In english, if you're the weaker than 19 out of 20 men, you're still stronger than 9 out of 10 women). ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-10-25

It gets worse, female athletes and their maximum force is 444 N, that's still below the average for men (541 N), and is in fact below 3/4ths of all men (most being non-athletes), and all male athletes. Another study showed similar results that start in childhood (10-12 yo), and carry through to old age (68-88 yo). In sports where grip strength maters, trans women (M2F) are going to always have an unfair advantage that can never be compensated for.

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👁️ See also

• Trans athletes - Transgenders have a hard lot in life, and I don't want to pile on. But I don't want to destroy Women's sports.

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🔗 Links

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17186303
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618736/
• http://www.biomedres.info/biomedical-research/gender-differences-in-hand-grip-strength-of-the-child-athletes-by-using-absolute-ratio-and-allometric-scaling-methods.html
• https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/2017/05/04/in-grip-strength-a-woman-in-the-90th-percentile-would-be-at-the-10th-percentile-for-men/

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