Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1202 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sex Differences in Build and Strength
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The idea
Muscle and fat increase with height but are distributed differently by sex, producing average differences in strength, endurance, speed, throwing and jumping.
In practice
Female ice swimmers closing the gap on males over longer distances.
Where people slip
Differences are largely biological but partly shaped by which activities children are encouraged into; individual variation is wide.
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