A footnote to the discussion on male upper-body strength, etc. One form of
body-strength that is usually left out of the discussion is the muscular
force exerted by women in childbirth. I don't have numbers, but suspect that
the power of a late-stage contraction of the uterine muscles would far exceed
what either men or women can do with the outward-oriented muscles. The very
definition of physical strength has been biased against women. None of this
counters Jim's point that modern technology, not to speak of moral
possibilities, makes considerations of body strength in general obsolete.
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