The frailty myth
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"The Frailty Myth presents new evidence that girls are weaned from the use of their bodies even before they begin school. By adolescence, their strength and aerobic powers have started to decline unless the girls are exercising vigorously - and most aren't. By sixteen, they have already lost bone density and turned themselves into prime candidates for osteoporosis. They have also been deprived of motor stimulation that is essential for brain growth."--BOOK JACKET.
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Parts of this book should be essential reading - the parts focusing on the actual titular frailty myth. The research and studies were interesting too and I wish there was a modern versio nof this book with updated research.
But other parts just didn't feel directly relevant. Like a whole section that lists case after case of violence against women. I get how and why it connects to the subject but not what I signed up for. I think because of the time the book was originally published it's more understandable as perhaps there weren't as many people speaking out about it. I ended up skimming that section as it was very upsetting and didn't really teach me anything I didn't know.
Also, I think any modern reader is going to wonder how and if it includes trans athletes. It...sort of does? It's not a focus but one case of a trans woman athlete in womens sports is mentioned - however it is only there to support that there is no inherent biological inferiority in the part of cis women. The argument of this book tends to veer toward that sports shouldn't be gender segregated at all.
