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But the male dominated governments and church groups who controll the media have consistently sent messages to society, both liminally and subliminally, that males are good at sports. This has imbued itself into the thoughts of females, hugely affecting their confidence, but also lowered the expectations of coaches and trainers so they don't push them as hard, etc.Not the average man, but evidence suggest he's not that far off.
Just out of the top of my head, a group of 14 year old amateur kids beat the best pro women's footie team in the planet a couple of years ago. It wasn't even a contest actually.
Again, 14-year-olds, amateurs, in a country where men's footie is a second class sport and generally gets the rejects from other sports.
Some of the greatest female tennis players lost miserably to a nobody (atp 200-300) who smoked cigarettes in between games.
The difference in speed and strength is abysmal. This is not a patriarchal or sexist conspiracy. Sexual dimorphism in humans is scientifically documented and proven. And again, this is not a minor and specific edge, but a significant and consistent advantage.
As you identified it was the word average that I was disagreeing with. Sure the poster had a point, but it is far from the truth that the average man could win gold, despite your examples which still include men some distance from the mean. Yours was an Interesting post though.