Comment on Boys will be boys

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I could have eaten one as a fifteen year old girl but I attribute that to my parents heavy encouragement of sports and lack of body shanking compared to other families.

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  • kestrel7_7@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This wouldn’t surprise me at all, tbh. My uncle (first son) is way taller than my dad (second son) because back in the day my family didn’t have much money, and they prioritized feeding the oldest son. Same genetics, different diet. If there had been a girl sibling involved, she probably would have gotten even less food.

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  • julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Interesting hypothesis. I went down the rabbit hole on it but couldn’t find supporting evidence (not to discredit your anecdotal experience of course). Seems if anything slightly the opposite on average. See for example “Sexual dimorphism in body size occurs when … living standards are high, and health correlate positively with male/female height ratio” here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32793524/

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