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Originally Posted by Rerun
Frankly, I think our women are just tougher mentally than our men.
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I suppose it could be true, but I'm not sure
if someone wants to argue that women in general are mentally tougher than men or vice versa, I think that's an interesting topic, but I'm not sure that its really true that specifically Canadian women are disproportinately tougher mentally tougher than Canadian men , although I guess it could be?
I think it does reflect well on Canada in the sense that it shows that as a country we probably come closer to other countries to equal access/funding in sports as well as philosophy re: sports participation. My sister was a pretty good (not elite but very good) soccer player here in Canada-she lived in England for a year or so as a young adult and all the guys there thought it was a laugh that she claimed to play soccer/football. she eventually played with them and held her own and I gather they were astonised/impressed
there was also the point made in the paper today that for many sports the field of top males worldwide is currently broader at the top end (they gave the example of alpine skiing and the number of top men within x seconds of the leaders versus in women where the number close to the top was smaller).
anyways its an interesting discussion and I'm certainly proud to be from a country where the female athletes rock. I'm just not sure it necessarily follows that male Canadian athletes are particularly mentally weak