Gender-Based Translations

http://www.unmotivating.com/the-ultimate-battle-men-vs-women-hilarious/

Female vs Male Athletes

We always seem to hear about men being stronger and faster than women, and women having more endurance than men, and so on.  I don't know, watching some of these female athletes in today's sports makes me wonder.  I wonder if the female athlete is developing into a truly formidable competitor that can stand her own against any man.  It would be interesting to compare female athletic ability across generations to see what gains have been made.  But even if gains have been made, it seems that there are some physical differences between men and women that make that type of competition a real uphill battle for a woman.  At least according to this article, men really are generally stronger and faster.  They're built that way, and that's the way that goes.  This particular article doesn't mention anything about endurance, but it does give women credit for being more flexible.  Perhaps as time goes on and more and more women enter the competitive athletic arena, perhaps then there will be increased potential for true competition between the sexes.  I guess time will tell.



http://www.livestrong.com/article/347443-athletic-differences-between-men-women/

How Do Men and Women Differ Athletically?

Last Updated: Feb 08, 2014 | By Lexa W. Lee

Athletic differences between men and women have much to do with innate characteristics determined by genetics and hormones. These include height, weight, muscle mass, body fat and aerobic capacity. As a group, women do not run, jump or swim as fast as men. Women are also more prone to certain types of athletic injuries than men.

Estrogen

Due to higher estrogen levels, women have more body fat than men. The leanest female athletes, such as top marathon runners, have body fat of approximately 8 percent, compared with 4 percent for their male counterparts. In addition, women's bodies are less muscular, but their joints are more flexible, which gives them greater range of motion -- an advantage in sports such as gymnastics. The wider female pelvis also affects the alignment and movement of the extremities. Men have higher levels of testosterone, which gives them a performance advantage in other ways.

Testosterone

Testosterone enables men to develop larger skeletal muscles as well as larger hearts. Men also have a larger proportion of Type 2 muscle fibers, which generate power, strength and speed. Testosterone also increases the production of red blood cells, which absorb oxygen, giving men an even greater aerobic advantage, reports "New York Times" writer Gina Kolata, in an interview with Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky, an exercise researcher at McMaster University in Ontario.

Injuries

Women are more prone to injuring joints such as the shoulders and knees. Weaker shoulder muscles and looser supporting tissues mean the joint is less stable than in men, reports writer Michael Lasalandra, in an interview with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sports medicine physician Bridget Quinn. Also, the injury rate to the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, a major knee ligament, is significantly higher in female than in male athletes. By proper training and strengthening of supporting muscles, women can prevent such injuries.

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Fat Boys vs Fat Girls, and Other Thoughts on Obesity

Let's face it, people are way more accepting of fat boys than they are of fat girls.  And really when you get right down to it, people really seem to prefer thinner people over heavier people.  Is it the photos of thin celebrities as we see?  People always talk about society dictating unrealistic body images to people, especially when it comes to women.  I wonder if that's changed much these days.  I mean now, so many of us are obese.  Frequently you see a lot of very overweight people out there, myself included.  Has that increased our acceptance of fat people?  Do we like them any more than we used to?  Maybe we don't notice it as much, maybe now weight is not as important to us anymore.  My own experience is that we still don't like when people are fat, and we still don't think highly of them.  And that's probably even more true when it is yourself that you are thinking of.  I know I personally feel incredibly mortified to be as fat as I am right now.  I feel horrible embarrassment that I could have let myself go like this and I can look this awful.  I also feel a horrible sense of loss because I know my body will never be able to rebound from this.  Even if I lost weight, I would have sagging flesh that looks so horrible.  And it's more than how I feel about myself.  I see it with others.  You remember how you were treated when you were thin, and you know it's different now that you're fat.  But is there a difference between how accepting people are of you if you're a fat man as compared to being a fat woman?  I still think that it is more acceptable to society that men are big, so it's probably easier for them to get away with being fat in the eyes of the public.  And it seems that women as still held to more traditional lines of thinking, and that they have to be thin and beautiful.  What do you think?

Depression and Gender

We've all been told numerous times before that women tend to be depressed more than men.  I found an interesting article that's actually quite old, but it raises an interesting point.  It essentially states that men and women may both develop disorders in response to stress or a major life event.  But it appears that our social-based gender differences cause the development to be different.  Whereas females tend toward depression, males possible tend toward antisocialism or alcoholism.  So perhaps both genders are affected by the stress, but the reactions are different, and the reactions are based on how we were taught to behave and respond based on our gender.  I may have to see if I can find anything more recent on this for future posts!  I find this very fascinating.

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/depression/exploring-gender-difference-depression

Exploring Gender Difference in Depression

March 01, 2001 | Depression, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Dependent Personality Disorder, Addiction, Alcohol Abuse

By James Y. Nazroo, MBBS, MSc, PhD

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Do Men Develop Alternative Disorders?

Another possibility is that gender differences in depression rates may be the result of men developing alternative disorders in response to stress, such as antisocial behavior and alcohol abuse. In particular, women may be more likely to have been socialized to express dysphoria in response to stress and men may be more likely to have been socialized to express anger or other forms of acting out

It's Not Boys vs Girls, It's For Everyone

My son sent me this great article about a great lady, actress Nichelle Nichols of "Star Trek" fame.  She had such a groundbreaking role on that show.  Few today can appreciate what her role represented at the time, back in the 1960s.  But she showed the world that black women, and all women, can be equal with men.  She has some great statements that are in this article.  There are a couple of quotes from her and a link as well.

There were 2 quotes in particular that stood out for me.  One was about astronauts of the 1960s being only white males.  She questioned how that could be a representation of the American people when there were only white men there.  And she did something about it.  She went out and recruited minorities and women so that we worked up to a sampling that was much more representative of our nation's people than it was in the '60s.  She didn't just say something about it or just complain about it.  She did something about it.  I have a great deal of respect for her.

The other noteworthy quote mentions one of those pesky old gender stereotypes.  It seems to be generally accepted that males are good with science and females are not.  I love her statement . . . science isn't for boys and it isn't for girls, it's for everyone.  She is so right.


http://us.cnn.com/2014/08/04/showbiz/star-trek-legend/index.html?c=&page=2

Star Trek legend who became NASA's 'secret weapon'

By Sheena McKenzie, for CNN

updated 12:56 PM EDT, Mon August 4, 2014

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NASA ambassador

As the original series drew to a close at the end of the decade, a real-life space race was gathering pace -- and this time it was Nichols calling for auditions.

The United States landed a man on the moon in 1969 -- but our astronauts needn't be limited to white males, said Nichols.

"There were no women, and there were no minorities in the space program -- and that's supposed to represent the whole country?" she says, her voice rising incredulously down the phone from her home in Woodland Hills, California.

"Not in this day and age. We just absolutely cannot have that. I can't be a part of that," she said at the time.

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Enduring wonder of space

As a child, Nichols was also told that "girls weren't supposed to like science" -- not that she took much notice.

"Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going," she says, and you can almost picture the serene figure of Lt. Uhura in red uniform, speaking at the controls.

"Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come."

It seems Star Trek's legendary communications officer has a real-life message for us all.

Dads vs Moms

I found this great article about some differences between moms and dads.  Specifically, this particular mom had been a stay-at-home-mom at least part of the time.  At some point, her husband had to sort of take over that role.  In her article, the mom pointed out the differences in their parenting styles, and essentially equated them to differences in gender.  She says that we should be celebrating the differences we have.  I think she's right!  We've seen indications that there are in fact differences between the genders.  We've seen differences in the way our brains are laid out, differences in learning, differences in temperament and behavior.  As with other differences that we celebrate, why not celebrate the differences typically exhibited by

Stay-at-home moms vs. dads: There’s a difference!

Huffington Post blogger Kathleen Hogan says that we need to stop specifying the gender of stay-at-home parents. Stay-at-home mom Jennifer Pinarski disagrees.

Sep 19, 2013 Jennifer Pinarski

http://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/run-at-home-mom/stay-at-home-moms-vs-dads/

"There are differences between the genders. Those differences are important. Those difference should be celebrated and identified by calling them by their hard won job titles of stay-at-home mom and stay-at-home dad."

"What An Ass!"

I received this today in an email from a friend of a friend.  It looks like it came from Facebook.  It's a cartoon of Ged Backland's "Aunty Acid".  I thought this one was comical.  It certainly illustrates the common perception that men are focused on physical features whereas women are more focused on the person as a whole.

What do you think of this comic?  I welcome your comments!




Ged Backland's "Aunty Acid"