# Girls Vs Boys (strength) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 22, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422 "2011-10-22T04:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/121 "2011-10-28T07:00:59Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Additional reply for you mister W: > > Our best endurance activity is putting up with men’s bragging about their strength. > > :D:D;) You misspelled “…nagging men to do the heavy lifting that we can’t”. :D:D;) backatcha ---
**Author:** ![drbambam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@drbambam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drbambam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/122 "2015-12-20T23:30:45Z")
when it comes to upper body power, most men,on the average, will be stronger than the average woman. lower strength’s a different story though; w/ wider hips there’s greater surface area for ligament/muscle attachment for the thigh/ gluteus maximus,etc…, so though women’llnot get the bulky sharp chiseled muscularity of upper/lower legs as men, they outdo in sheer physics of upper legs when @optimum athletic isolation performance in leg wrestling & other forms lower body performances! endurance also tends to be with the women because of fat storage…ultramarathon runners tend to be pretty much equal w/ females having a slight edge!!!.. i do notice in this thread the same repititious ‘facts’ given w/ practically no! citing(-s)!, sall me on mine because i’ll provide them, just need to search my library! so when wecdiscuss “strength”, let’s remember what context?!, what’re the actual evolutionary advantages?! & what really shows actual usefulness in what habitat/niche/ lifestyle??!.. just a few of the many many ???s???s to what obviously isn’t a one answer covers all! type of discussion!!!.. ---
**Author:** ![drbambam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@drbambam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drbambam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/123 "2015-12-20T23:37:16Z")
part2- there’s laws of physics brought into the thread’s discourse… certain functional mechanics’re used in assertions w/out taking into acount the synergistic whole of these physical parameters don’t take place w/out full body participation!.. in other words, we don’t just lift w/ our arms totally by themselves even in ‘isolating exercises’!.. Context Context! ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/124 "2015-12-20T23:41:13Z")
> [@drbambam](#): > > when it comes to upper body power, most men,on the average, will be stronger than the average woman. lower strength’s a different story though; w/ wider hips there’s greater surface area for ligament/muscle attachment for the thigh/ gluteus maximus,etc…, so though women’llnot get the bulky sharp chiseled muscularity of upper/lower legs as men, they outdo in sheer physics of upper legs when @optimum athletic isolation performance in leg wrestling & other forms lower body performances! endurance also tends to be with the women because of fat storage…ultramarathon runners tend to be pretty much equal w/ females having a slight edge!!!.. > i do notice in this thread the same repititious ‘facts’ given w/ practically no! citing(-s)!, > sall me on mine because i’ll provide them, just need to search my library! so when wecdiscuss “strength”, let’s remember what context?!, what’re the actual evolutionary advantages?! & what really shows actual usefulness in what habitat/niche/ lifestyle??!.. just a few of the many many ???s???s to what obviously isn’t a one answer covers all! type of discussion!!!.. I think when comparing male and female zombies there is no physical performance differences as both are not driven by their physical components, they same are powered by the same supernatural force. This thread has been dead for 4 years. If you would like to participate in an actual debate here, I would suggest making your argument in some type of legible form. ---
**Author:** ![drbambam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@drbambam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drbambam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/125 "2015-12-20T23:46:42Z")
if women’re outperforming men in certain areas, so what!!?, iif upper body strength sheer strength WERE the ONLY criteria for human survival, we’d’ve went extinct 300,000 years ago!!!.. so there’ll never be anend to this debate/discussion; 'cause we female/male humans keep on evolving!!! we’re one the many open-ended experiments oof life on this planet in this universe as we think we know(-it-all!)… … =^.^= ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/126 "2015-12-21T00:33:22Z")
> [@drbambam](#): > > if women’re outperforming men in certain areas, so what!!?, iif upper body strength sheer strength WERE the ONLY criteria for human survival, we’d’ve went extinct 300,000 years ago!!!.. so there’ll never be anend to this debate/discussion; 'cause we female/male humans keep on evolving!!! we’re one the many open-ended experiments oof life on this planet in this universe as we think we know(-it-all!)… … =^.^= Handy video. [Computer Typing Lessons : Using the Caps Lock & Shift Key on the Keyboard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDxiog69mVc) ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/127 "2015-12-21T06:22:05Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Well yeah, the runner up was running for longer! > > I’m an endurance champion. I’m currently on my 8th year of running a marathon. Well, now it’s been 12 years, I hope you finally finished. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AsaMcclennon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@AsaMcclennon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AsaMcclennon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/128 "2015-12-21T08:57:56Z")
Boys have more physical strength and girls have the more mental strength ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/129 "2015-12-21T09:17:04Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > Well, now it’s been 12 years, I hope you finally finished. 😃 Damn… Ninjaad. ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/130 "2015-12-21T17:03:10Z")
> [@AsaMcclennon](#): > > Boys have more physical strength and girls have the more mental strength That must be why all the top mathematicians, physicists, chemists, poets, playwrights, philosophers, engineers and inventors are women. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/131 "2015-12-21T20:24:15Z")
Of course boys and girls are equally strong. Until puberty, that is. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/132 "2015-12-23T03:04:26Z")
> [@AsaMcclennon](#): > > Boys have more physical strength and girls have the more mental strength Uh huh. Cite please. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/133 "2015-12-23T04:46:04Z")
> [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](#): > > That must be why all the top mathematicians, physicists, chemists, poets, playwrights, philosophers, engineers and inventors are women. :dubious: “Mental strength” is far too slippery a concept to fall for that particular attempted headlock. ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422/134 "2015-12-23T21:05:59Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > “Mental strength” is far too slippery a concept to fall for that particular attempted headlock. True, of course. Make the assertion vague enough and people will just smile and nod politely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-vs-boys-strength/600422.md?page=6)