Yeah. It would be statistically unlikely that, at any given time, the Absolute Best Fighter In The World was female. There might not be very many in the very very top percentiles.
But there's nothing even a little unrealistic about a skilled woman being in the top 5%, easily, which is good enough to get you to "travelling adventurer".
I am aware of this. However, that doesn't mean that the advantage is anywhere near as significant as the advantages of being more skilled. Furthermore, there's a ton of overlap, which means that while you might find that the very strongest people are disproportionately male, there are women out there who are stronger than 99% of men.
In general, yes. But if one of them is more skilled, skill will matter more.
And the question isn't "are there women who can consistently beat equally skilled men who are stronger", but "are there women who are stronger than most or nearly-all men" (yes) or "are there women who are more skilled than most or nearly-all men" (also yes).
You don't have to be the best in the world to win a fight, just better than the people you are actually currently fighting.
I don't think you are understanding the claim I'm making, which is a fairly unexceptional claim.
Look, men are on average taller than women, right? But that doesn't mean there are no women who are taller than 95% of men. There aren't very many of them, but they certainly exist. And it turns out that the overwhelming majority of the people you encounter aren't consistently exceptional across the board. So an exceptionally strong woman will in fact be stronger than most of the men she meets.
The claim I'm arguing against is that it is implausible to imagine that there could be even one woman who is strong enough and fast enough to be an exceptional warrior, better than the overwhelming majority of men. And I'm arguing against it because it's ridiculous, and contrary to observed history.
I'm not arguing that, in a fair world, with humans basically biologically identical to our species, that over 49% of warriors would be female. I'm just arguing that there's nothing innately implausible about the notion that an exceptionally skilled and strong woman would be able to beat most male fighters. After all, she's exceptional, they're by definition not.