I spit on your “superior” upper body strength
It isn’t even as if you guys are that much stronger. Seriously. And the evidence continues to mount that the only reason there is a significant difference at all is because women and girls are systemically starved and forced into inactivity. Anyone who has an even basic idea of how the body works knows it takes protein and iron and exercise to grow a body, to strengthen the muscles and bones, but the worldwide practice of the worldwide patriarchy (for various bullshit “reasons”) is to deny or discourage women and girls from eating the protein rich, iron rich foods they need to be properly nourished and the activity they need to grow strong. Dieting, vegetarianism (sorry to you vegetarians out there, but food is a feminist issue and convincing women that a meatless diet is more spiritual or politically correct is just another way to keep you weak and docile), fasting for “spiritual” reasons – all of these are ways in which women are encouraged to behave and are enforced by extreme societal pressure. And they have their toll.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/97/6.12.97/low_iron.html
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-275–5020-0,00.html
http://www.something-fishy.org/words/artical_020.php
So women would still end up on average smaller and less strong than men if they were actually fed and treated the same, but the difference would be much, much less. I mean seriously – do you think if you take one child and start starving them at the beginning of their biggest growth spurt, put them in confining clothes and make them afraid to go outside and move their body around, that they will turn out anywhere near as tall and strong as a child who is encouraged to work out, eat as much nutritious food as they want, and dress comfortably so they can move around?
All this aside – lying Evo Psycho bastards like to claim male dominance and patriarchy is the “natural order” (instead of a concerted social effort which violently resists all efforts to overturn it) and in support of this men’s “superior upper body strength” is hailed as a major reason for this oppression. Even if the small natural difference in men and women’s body sizes and strength were not forcibly made larger by denying women adequate nutrition, why would one not say women’s bodies, which actually create other humans, should not be evidence of their clear superiority? Why would one not cite women’s natural longevity, women’s natural tendency to put on body fat, thus ensuring their greater survival rate during famine, their natural endurance over men, as reasons clearly outlining their natural superiority?
Hoenstly guys, if you want to look to some reason to lord it over women and “prove” evolution is on your side because your biceps can get a few inches bigger, you might want to look at REAL evolutionary science, oh, and other larger animals, while you’re at it. Do you think your strength compares in the slightest to that of a bear, a tiger, and elephant? A whale? An octopus? A shark? Even a 90 pound wild cat can kill an adult human, yes, even a body building male. Physical strength is clearly not our evolutionary forte.
What is? Our manual dexterity and our ability to talk and communicate and cooperate.
Areas in which women shine over men – every – single – time.
Clearly patriarchy is an unnatural and anti-evolutionary setup. So you ev-psych fanboys out there, hand over the keys – you lose this battle, badly, either way you look at it.
