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  Differences, on average, between men and women

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  quite bizarrely, there are people trying their level best to blur the lines between man and woman, male and female.. so, i thought it a fairly good idea to list the differences, on average, between men and women.. ok, starting with the most obvious .... women have a vulva, a vagina, and internal gonads (ovaries); men have a penis and external gonads (testes).. women get pregnant, give birth and breastfeed their babies; men do none of those things.. men are taller than women.. men have greater upper-body strength than women.

  men have greater bone density and percentage of muscle mass than women.. women live longer than men (this is partly due to life choices and behaviour and partly due to genetics).. men have higher testosterone levels than women.. men heal more quickly from physical injury than women.. the sexual dynamics between men and women tend to be different, too.

  re sexual selection, women typically have their choice of the most suitable men.

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  Rivergang

  The fact that women are “finally” beating men in those extreme endurance contests is more likely to have more to do with the fact that by far the majority of the contestants are men.

  
  

  With the elite military forces (Navy Seals, British SAS, and similar), the selection processes are as much about physical strength as anything else. For example, potential SAS recruits are set off on a forced march through the Brecon Beacons, whilst loaded down with 100 kg of equipment (ie 220 pounds, which is considered a fair load for a mule or packhorse). The time limit imposed necessitates that they maintain at least a slow run over the entire distance. It is easily explained why no women soldiers have ever passed the SAS selection process, and it is all about strength, not stamina.
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  Differences, on average, between men and women

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  quite bizarrely, there are people trying their level best to blur the lines between man and woman, male and female.. so, i thought it a fairly good idea to list the differences, on average, between men and women.. ok, starting with the most obvious .... women have a vulva, a vagina, and internal gonads (ovaries); men have a penis and external gonads (testes).. women get pregnant, give birth and breastfeed their babies; men do none of those things.. men are taller than women.. men have greater upper-body strength than women.

  men have greater bone density and percentage of muscle mass than women.. women live longer than men (this is partly due to life choices and behaviour and partly due to genetics).. men have higher testosterone levels than women.. men heal more quickly from physical injury than women.. the sexual dynamics between men and women tend to be different, too.

  re sexual selection, women typically have their choice of the most suitable men.

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  Rivergang

  Several instances in which all the male competitors in an ultra long distance event were beaten by a woman - often by a wide margin.

  https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/transcontinental-race-champion-fiona-kolbinger-posts-exhausting-430km-ride-across-three-countries-in-14-hours-to-strava

  Jasmin Paris: First woman to win Spine Race – interview (redbull.com)

  238 Miles On Foot: Courtney Dauwalter Wins Moab Ultra | GearJunkie

  There is endurance and then there is endurance!
  

  When events are staged over those distances, and in those conditions, it starts to become a more level playing field between men and women.

  
  
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  Differences, on average, between men and women

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  quite bizarrely, there are people trying their level best to blur the lines between man and woman, male and female.. so, i thought it a fairly good idea to list the differences, on average, between men and women.. ok, starting with the most obvious .... women have a vulva, a vagina, and internal gonads (ovaries); men have a penis and external gonads (testes).. women get pregnant, give birth and breastfeed their babies; men do none of those things.. men are taller than women.. men have greater upper-body strength than women.

  men have greater bone density and percentage of muscle mass than women.. women live longer than men (this is partly due to life choices and behaviour and partly due to genetics).. men have higher testosterone levels than women.. men heal more quickly from physical injury than women.. the sexual dynamics between men and women tend to be different, too.

  re sexual selection, women typically have their choice of the most suitable men.

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  Rivergang

  As to why these differences exist, Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps by Alan and Barbara Pease is an informative read. This book explains in detail how it is hormones which largely determine these differences - even down to such things as problems with reverse parking. Furthermore, this book’s authors manage to write in language that just about anybody can understand, yet which at the same time is hardly an insult to intelligence.
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  Differences, on average, between men and women

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  quite bizarrely, there are people trying their level best to blur the lines between man and woman, male and female.. so, i thought it a fairly good idea to list the differences, on average, between men and women.. ok, starting with the most obvious .... women have a vulva, a vagina, and internal gonads (ovaries); men have a penis and external gonads (testes).. women get pregnant, give birth and breastfeed their babies; men do none of those things.. men are taller than women.. men have greater upper-body strength than women.

  men have greater bone density and percentage of muscle mass than women.. women live longer than men (this is partly due to life choices and behaviour and partly due to genetics).. men have higher testosterone levels than women.. men heal more quickly from physical injury than women.. the sexual dynamics between men and women tend to be different, too.

  re sexual selection, women typically have their choice of the most suitable men.

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  Rivergang

  Women have a greater physical endurance than men, particularly noticeable in ultra swimming events, where women excel.

  It is also a factor in ultra running and / or cycling events, where there is very much a level playing field between men and women.

  There certainly are differences between male and female, noticeable from infancy ( coming from somebody who grew up with two sisters, and had a family consisting of male and female children).
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  What Congregation Scandal Still Troubles You?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was appointed as a regular pioneer in a certain congregation.

  in that congregation, a very obese male pioneer seduced a nice looking married pioneer sister who had two teenage sons.

  her husband was a ms. both were df'd.

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  Rivergang

  All I can say is that the JWs I knew must have been a very staid lot.

  There was very little of such goings on happening in any of the congregations I was with (unless they were very good at not violating Commandment No.11 “ Thou shalt not get caught”!)
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  Anyone have an obvious gay or lesbian in the congregation?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was a kid we had a kh with a basement and this guy joe winestien lived in it.

  he has passed away i believe.

  he was about 24 and used to hang around the young boys.

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  In one congregation I was with, their was a prominent pioneer “couple” - except both were female.

  I would give them the benefit of the doubt as regards any sexual relationship, but in just about every other way, their relationship was openly lesbian. This was particularly noticeable when a young, good looking brother began paying court to the “female” partner of this pair (herself a very good looking young woman).

  Did Butch chase him off in short order!
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  The Stupidity Of The Biden Administration Knows No Bounds

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.

  option 1: it's a trick question surely?

  you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.

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  Rivergang

  While senior military figures were pocketing millions from ghost soldiers, real soldiers were going unpaid.

  • South Vietnam revisited.
  • Cambodia revisited.
  • Republic of China revisited.

  When will they ever learn!
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  At least by that stage in time, Britain had the sense not to attempt to occupy the country.

  They had already learned the hard way to use more subtle methods to influence events in Afghanistan. Regrettably, those lessons were lost somewhere along the wayside, with the result being as Winston Churchill once noted: "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
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  Remembering Rutherford

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he seems to me to be the angriest and most ill-tempered of all the wt presidents, especially after his stint in prison and failed prophecies.. “regarding his misguided statements as to what we could expect in 1925, he [rutherford] once confessed to us at bethel, “i made an ass of myself.”” watchtower 1984 oct 1 p.24.

  rutherford died at beth sarim on january 8, 1942, at the age of 72.

  [220] cause of death was...carcinoma of the rectum..."[21] .

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  Rivergang

  If living in luxury as a Christian with one's religion paying the money for such is wrong (and it might be wrong) then many of the teachings (ascribed to God) of the OT Bible are also wrong.

  Given that the Old Testament is nothing more than a collection of Middle Eastern fairy tales (and that according to the people who wrote it, the Jews), this is hardly surprising!
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  Rivergang

  "Losing face" is considered a very serious matter in Asia - including China.