I am stronger than 99% of women?

Don't bother with that white knight, guys

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I doubt it would be 99% of the world's population - there is a lot of women in developing countries who spend all day doing manual labour so a lot of them are probably stronger than the average Western man who does no exercise.

This thread is not about women, it's about a poster claiming that he is stronger than 99% of women. Whether or not that is empirically possible, it demonstrates that this poster (and others who have parroted the claim) feel the need to make a meaningless statements to boost their own self-image. It doesn't matter if men or women are physically stronger. It's not as if we have Battles of the Sexes or something. Anyone who actually cares about this has basically no self-esteem and is searching for ways to fallaciously appear 'better' than others.

The OP just asked if it was possible for a man to be stronger than 99% of women. The answer is, of course, yes. The discussion then moved to whether it was likely that the average man was stronger than 99% of women. As the study I linked to on the first page shows, this appears to be true in the specific domain of upper body strength.

I'm not sure why you're getting so het up about this, it's a simple enough question/discussion and I think you are attributing far too much latent intent to people - believe it or not, it's possible for me to make the (accurate) claim that I'm stronger than 99% of women in response to a question without feeling a smug sense of superiority at such. No one is claiming that that makes any sex 'better' than the other, either.

It is a statistically irresponsible claim -- It is impossible to prove, contingencies abound, and it lacks context. Therefore, it is invalid and simply an exercise in male posturing.

It is neither 'statistically irresponsible' nor impossible to prove that the average man has greater upper body strength than 99% of women. Again, see my post on the first page for a study supporting this.

It is impossible to prove that an average man has greater upper body strength than the millions of women who represent 99% of women in the world. Therefore, it is a statistically irresponsible statement and, obviously, one that contains many contingencies. A 'study' does not change that.

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The OP just asked if it was possible for a man to be stronger than 99% of women. The answer is, of course, yes. The discussion then moved to whether it was likely that the average man was stronger than 99% of women. As the study I linked to on the first page shows, this appears to be true in the specific domain of upper body strength.

I'm not sure why you're getting so het up about this, it's a simple enough question/discussion and I think you are attributing far too much latent intent to people - believe it or not, it's possible for me to make the (accurate) claim that I'm stronger than 99% of women in response to a question without feeling a smug sense of superiority at such. No one is claiming that that makes any sex 'better' than the other, either.

The first bit sounds believable since it's biologically proven that men produce more testosterone.

However, I'm still not sure about this, since a few days back, I debated about women not being physically stronger than men in a group discussion. And everybody said that more women are becoming stronger. And they have the capacity to gain more muscle.

For example:

I doubt it would be 99% of the world's population - there is a lot of women in developing countries who spend all day doing manual labour so a lot of them are probably stronger than the average Western man who does no exercise.

Viceroy is like a feminist troll, latches onto anything remotely misogynist and rips into it until you are praising women from the heavens.

PQ is one of the quieter feminists on here I understand. Eva Gregoria is (irony intended) a babe. Neither jump on ship the way that guy does.

I do my best not to pander to misandrists but nor to ignore that feminism is still necessary in areas esp. the Middle East and Asia (and Africa, to a lesser extent). Imo thread is pointless but it's ridiculous to call out anyone who admits to a statistical truth that 'on average men are stronger than women' a misogynist.

Do me a favor and step off. I'm not 'like a feminist troll' and do not behave in the way you've described -- If anything, the majority of people who post on this forum are 'like' male-supremacy trolls and find any excuse they can to posture about how superior they are to women and how stupid and weak women are. And I have not called anyone a 'misogynist' for claiming that 'on average men are stronger than women' (I have, in fact, admitted to that in many of my posts, but that wasn't the OP).