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The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong
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this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024
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Which history do you think they're unfairly ignoring?
And I think the argument isn't that they can run marathons, too, but that they're naturally better at it than men:
So why aren't women beating men in endurance races across the board?
There's a point at which women do tend to get better at endurance racing and often surpass men. And it's in the ultra long distance races. Which actually tracks, as hunting would have likely been a mix of long and ultra long distance running
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389
Even in endurance racing, men outperform women as a rule. It's true that women do occasionally win coed races, but that's not common.