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WalterBright on Feb 1, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Medieval Cambridge skeletons reveal injuries to ma...

> as their bodies are better at withstanding G-Forces

Likely coming from being shorter. The heart doesn't have to push the blood as far uphill.

Women do indeed fight, but not until it gets desperate.

sudosysgen on Feb 1, 2021 [–]

That is indeed part of why women are better at withstanding g-forces. The other is lower bodymass.

It's true that women generally don't fight until it's desperate historically. I explained why in the comment you replied to.

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