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Basically, women have (more) estrogen and men have (more) testosterone. This translates to more fat and less lean mass for women, which means less strength. Hence, the women you see looking really ripped are probably taking testosterone supplements (or have it higher naturally).
- According to Rippetoe & Kilgore , As a general rule, women do not have the same level of neuromuscular efficiency as men. This is probably due to...
- Greg Nuckols has written a series of articles on this subject (with plenty of references). In the first part, Sex Differences in Training and Metab...
- Basically, the difference comes down to testosterone and it's effects on the human body. It creates higher density bones, stronger muscles and othe...
Women were needed at home because the lack of sophistication in society basically relegated most men and women into the roles that they had: men = physical power / social manager and women = home...
- Women Are Less Confident Than Men in Certain Subjects, Like Math
- Women Discount Positive Feedback About Their Abilities
- Women Hold Back on Expressing Ideas on ‘Male Topics’
- Speak Up For Success
In a study for the journal article Beliefs about Gender (pdf), Coffman and her colleagues asked participants to answer multiple-choice trivia questions in several categories that women are perceived to have a better handle on, like the Kardashians, Disney movies, cooking, art and literature, and verbal skills. Then they were quizzed in categories c...
In an experiment for Coffman’s working paper Stereotypes and Belief Updating, participants completed a timed test of cognitive ability in five areas: general science, arithmetic reasoning, math knowledge, mechanical comprehension, and assembling objects. They were asked to guess their total number of correct answers, as well as how their performanc...
In a third paper, Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions, Coffman and colleagues studied how teams discuss, decide on, and reward ideas in a group. The research team compared the behavior of two groups that had free-form discussions in response to questions that varied in the amount of “maleness” of the topic. In one group, the gende...
To achieve professional success, people must voice opinions and advocate for their ideas while working in decision-making teams, so it’s a problem if women are staying quiet when it comes to male-typed subjects—and if their ideas are appreciated less when they do express them, Coffman says. “Our work suggests a need for structuring group decision-m...
Oct 30, 2017 · By Rachel Nuwer, Features correspondent. Woman in a gym. If superior strength was suddenly available to women, how would society change? Rachel Nuwer asks researchers and gender experts for...
Oct 1, 2019 · Gina Rippon has spent her career trying to debunk the idea that men and women’s brains are different – yet she believes the “gender bombardment” we are under is greater than ever. Why?
Mar 5, 2020 · A new UN report has found almost 90% of men and women hold some sort of bias against females. The "Gender Social Norms" index analysed biases in areas such as politics and education in 75...
Jan 23, 2019 · My latest book, 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don't Do, outlines the bad habits that women are more likely to engage in. Cultural pressures, societal expectations and the subtle differences...
