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sixbeforelunch2010-07-05 09:53 am
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Link: What Exercise Science Doesn’t Know About Women
NYT Well Blog: What Exercise Science Doesn’t Know About Women
The article has some eye-rolling cliches ('lightly-plucked eyebrows', really?), so for those who'd rather skip it, it mainly boils down to:
Scientists know, of course, that women are not men. But they often rely on male subjects exclusively, particularly in the exercise-science realm, where, numerically, fewer female athletes exist to be studied. But when sports scientists recreate classic men-only experiments with distaff subjects, the women often react quite differently.
and
In the meantime, female athletes should view with skepticism the results from exercise studies that use only male subjects.
The article has some eye-rolling cliches ('lightly-plucked eyebrows', really?), so for those who'd rather skip it, it mainly boils down to:
Scientists know, of course, that women are not men. But they often rely on male subjects exclusively, particularly in the exercise-science realm, where, numerically, fewer female athletes exist to be studied. But when sports scientists recreate classic men-only experiments with distaff subjects, the women often react quite differently.
and
In the meantime, female athletes should view with skepticism the results from exercise studies that use only male subjects.