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<blockquote data-quote="Libramarian" data-source="post: 7169843" data-attributes="member: 6688858">The 1976 results are not meaningfully different.We're talking about strength maximums, not modifiers, so I thought strongest vs. strongest would be the most pertinent comparison.You must be comparing the 75kg men (i.e. less than 75kg) with the 75kg+ women (i.e. 75kg and over). Obviously that's not a fair comparison. If we look at the previous category (men 67.5kg, women 69kg) the man in 1976 clean and jerked 170 kg, and the woman in 2015 clean and jerked 143kg. Still a 19% difference pound for pound, which is extremely large in athletic competition.Women didn't compete in weightlifting until 1987, so that comparison is meaningless.Again I don't support sex-based ability score modifiers or maximums either, but I have to call out people who are making stuff up to support their view. This cavalier attitude to factual reality is to some degree why there's a real sexist in the White House right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Libramarian, post: 7169843, member: 6688858"] The 1976 results are not meaningfully different. We're talking about strength maximums, not modifiers, so I thought strongest vs. strongest would be the most pertinent comparison. You must be comparing the 75kg men (i.e. less than 75kg) with the 75kg+ women (i.e. 75kg and over). Obviously that's not a fair comparison. If we look at the previous category (men 67.5kg, women 69kg) the man in 1976 clean and jerked 170 kg, and the woman in 2015 clean and jerked 143kg. Still a 19% difference pound for pound, which is extremely large in athletic competition. Women didn't compete in weightlifting until 1987, so that comparison is meaningless. Again I don't support sex-based ability score modifiers or maximums either, but I have to call out people who are making stuff up to support their view. This cavalier attitude to factual reality is to some degree why there's a real sexist in the White House right now. [/QUOTE]

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