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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

By men, about men: how bad is the gender research gap for women in exercise science?

Woman holding kettlebell
Research has found sports studies, which can influence coaching methods, injury management and performance psychology, are predominantly based on men. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

Ever since the ancient Greeks came up with the idea of wandering wombs causing women’s “hysteria” and health problems, knowledge of female anatomy has lagged behind that of male anatomy.

As Guardian Australia’s Gabrielle Jackson wrote in Pain and Prejudice, almost everything we know about human health comes from the study of men and male animals – even male cell lines.

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