# Female athletes don't list weight **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 25, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527 "2022-07-25T15:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/1 "2022-07-25T15:08:13Z")
Only team I see weights is WNBA teams. Some things never change. 🙂 Vast majority of female athletes are in great shape. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/2 "2022-07-25T15:09:57Z")
Can you give us some examples where the weights for female athletes are omitted but the weights for the corresponding male athletes are not? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/3 "2022-07-25T15:11:50Z")
pretty much any college team I looked at is that way. > **[2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster](https://gopack.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster)** > > The official 2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster for the North Carolina State University Wolfpack > **[2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster](https://gopack.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster)** > > The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the North Carolina State University Wolfpack ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/4 "2022-07-25T15:15:33Z")
For what it’s worth, the roster website for the Chicago Red Stars (a club in the National Women’s Soccer League) lists the players’ heights, but not weights (though a number of the players don’t have a height listed). [https://www.nwslsoccer.com/team/chicago-red-stars/roster](https://www.nwslsoccer.com/team/chicago-red-stars/roster) On the other hand, their counterpart men’s club in Major League Soccer, the Chicago Fire, lists neither height _nor_ weight in their online roster. > **[Roster | Chicago Fire FC](https://www.chicagofirefc.com/roster/)** > > Official roster of the Chicago Fire FC ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/5 "2022-07-25T15:18:36Z")
I will also note that, regardless of if the players are in “great shape” or not, our society is relentless in obsessing about women’s weight, and shaming those who are perceived as being too heavy (or too skinny, for that matter). Is the weight of a hockey player or soccer player relevant to their performance? Unless it directly is, listing it in a roster isn’t necessary, other than to satisfy fans’ obsessive interest, and in the case of female athletes, it gives trollish individuals one more thing to pick on. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/6 "2022-07-25T18:13:48Z")
Weight certainly matters in contact sports such as FB, hockey, lacrosse etc. Does not matter much in individual sports like golf, tennis , badminton, shooting , archery, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/7 "2022-07-25T21:22:57Z")
By a coincidence I found out today that Dutch cyclist Floortje Mackaij is much taller than I realized. Surprisingly tall for someone who did some mighty climbing in the Giro Donne. Which made me curious about how heavy she was. It’s dead easy to google her height. Googling her weight gets you nothing sensible that I can see; I found [nonsense like this](https://cyclingtips.com/rider/?rider=176829&season=2018), for example. It may not be impossible, but weight is way harder than height. A male cyclist’s weight is always easy to find. It’s a critical stat for a bike racer. Compare this (click and read the stats next to the picture): > **[Primož Roglič](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/primoz-roglic)** > > Primož Roglič (born 1989-10-29 in Trbovlje) is a professional road racing cyclist from Slovenia, currently riding for Jumbo-Visma. His best results are 3x GC La Vuelta ciclista a España and 10x stage La Vuelta ciclista a España. with this > **[Grace Brown](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/grace-brown)** > > Grace Brown (born 1992-07-07 in Camperdown VIC) is a professional road racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for FDJ - SUEZ. Her best results are 1st place in GC Santos Tour Down Under and 1st place in Oxyclean Classic Brugge-De Panne WE. I assume they get the height and (for men) the weight from team sources. Strange. j ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/8 "2022-07-25T21:43:45Z")
Professional wrestling does this too. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/9 "2022-07-26T13:34:47Z")
I hadn’t ever really looked at weights before… ESPN lists the weight for both the men’s and women’s England soccer squads, though some of the women’s weights are missing (and one of the men’s). I do agree with kenobi that there are different implications for listing the weights of men versus women. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/10 "2022-07-26T15:05:32Z")
a study showed that many docs don’t want to discuss losing weight with women , they think women will get mad. Not a problem for docs with men. I know a woman who did get mad and she said the doc was overweight so why should she listen to him? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/11 "2022-07-26T15:11:16Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > a study showed that many docs don’t want to discuss losing weight with women , they think women will get mad. Dare I ask if you have an actual cite for this? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/12 "2022-07-26T15:12:45Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > a study showed that many docs don’t want to discuss losing weight with women , they think women will get mad. Objection, Your Honor. My mother’s doctors have been on her to lose weight for the last 10 years. And whenever my best friend, a woman who is morbidly obese, goes into the doctor’s office, they tell her that whatever ails her is because she’s fat. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/13 "2022-07-26T15:16:45Z")
In MMA, boxing, and other martial arts the women’s weights are listed and required because there are weight divisions in these sports. I can understand a cultural reluctance to list women athlete’s weights where they really relevant to their performance. I’m sure you can find men’s weights for basketball but it rarely matters, height is what counts in that sport. > [@ekedolphin](#): > > Professional wrestling does this too. They usually don’t list the actual weights of the men, or their heights, or any other accurate information about them. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/14 "2022-07-26T15:18:24Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > They usually don’t list the actual weights of the men, or their heights, or any other accurate information about them. Well, no. Or accurate attendances for WrestleMania events, either. But pro wrestling is show business moreso than legitimate sports. My point is, with women, the weights aren’t listed at all. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/15 "2022-07-26T16:24:35Z")
Don’t have a cite for the study on docs and women and weight. Think I heard it on CNN Notice I said “many” not all .docs ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/16 "2022-07-26T16:29:50Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Don’t have a cite for the study on docs and women and weight. Think I heard it on CNN So, nothing that the rest of us can actually read, and see if your recalled summation is an accurate interpretation (or if the study itself was well-conducted). Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/17 "2022-07-26T17:10:13Z")
That’s right no link , as my friend says life is tough and then you die. Anyone who thinks weight is not very important in basketball must not have watched a game in 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/18 "2022-07-26T17:16:48Z")
What difference would it make that can’t be determined by the observable height and body build on the court? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/19 "2022-07-26T17:19:22Z")
Is weight relevant to a player’s performance in some sports? Sure. But, with the exception of a small number of sports (e.g., boxing, wrestling, horse racing), where there are specific weight classes or maximum weights, the actual weight of the athletes is, frankly, **not** something that fans **need** to know. Professional wrestling was already mentioned as an athletic activity where published heights and weights are likely fictional; my understanding is that, in the NFL, the published measurements on rosters are often fictionalized. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527/20 "2022-07-26T17:26:16Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > my understanding is that, in the NFL, the published measurements on rosters are often fictionalized. I don’t know myself, but it is one sport where actual weight is important and difficult to determine when the players are suited up with a lot of padding. I think something close to the actual weight will be known despite what may be listed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-athletes-dont-list-weight/968527.md?page=2)