Debunking Neil deGrasse Tyson on Sports and Gender | NextBigFuture.com
Neil DeGrasse Tyson compared gender to weight classes in wrestling and suggested sports should be divided by hormone levels.
The records for strength, speed and jumping are clear. Men are about 50% stronger, 10% faster and jump 15-20% higher in the same weight class. A women’s lifting record is about 70% of men. Men also have faster reaction times (220 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds). This is nothing women but there are clear measurements comparing men and women on a whole range of athletic performance. There was never any controversy when women had their own categories since about 1920 in the Olympics.
Women competed for the first time at the 1900 Games in Paris. Of a total of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf.
By 14 to 16, boys tend to surpass elite women in performance.
Men are about 50% stronger than women in powerlifting.
NEW: Piers Morgan rips “scientist” Neil DeGrasse Tyson after he compared gender to weight classes in wrestling and suggested sports should be divided by hormone levels.
A scientist who has this opinion has moved on from being a scientist & has turned into an activist.
Tyson: I… pic.twitter.com/KdTnwHIw1b
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 7, 2024
Men are 15% better on the high jump.
Trained men have 20% higher vertical jump versus trained women.
12 year old boys tend to beat 18 year old girls in the standing broad jump in a relatively large analysis of high schoolers.
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Punching Power
Male average power during a punching motion was 162% greater than females’, with the least-powerful man still stronger than the most powerful woman.
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