Maryelizabeth Hart wrote:
>
> >>
> >>> Besides, I've never heard that women's lower bodies
> >>> were stronger than men's. Why would that be?
> >>
> >>NH: *Proportionally* stronger, as I understand it. I was taught it when
> >>I was a fitness instructor. No theories as to why it's so.
> >>
> >>-nalo
> >>
> >
> >I thought it was potentially stronger. Maybe it's both...
> >
> >-Sean
>
> Do I remember correctly something to have to do with the center of gravity?
> Which has to do with potential childbirth, and all that good stuff. I can
> remember from my misspent youth, being very non-athletic, but my male
> friend who was a very good wrestler having a hard time pinning me while
> mock-wrestling because the moves that would work against his male opponents
> didn't translate, as my weight was centered differently.
>
> Does it matter? What situations might we encounter in SF that would cause
> equality between the sexes in this area?
>
Maryelizabeth,
In Steven Barnes' Gorgon Child the male nullboxer Aubry (with a
typically powerful male killing machine physique) is "disarmed" by the
dance his female lover Promise (petite, who "built her body for
appearance") introduces to him. Durga is a remnant of ancient India,
and it uses the body's weight and center of gravity to create
illusion/tell stories in dance, and to physically disarm in battle. The
male warrior Aubry discovers the female art of Durga to be superior to
his own battle arts.
This metaphor for equality?? in a world where, among other cultures,
there is an exclusively male, gay, warrior society and a mostly (but not
exclusively) female and lesbian separatist society.
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