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Re:Medieval Cambridge skeletons reveal injuries to manual la... by WalterBright on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:20PM (#25994129)
The miniseries Spartacus (recommended!) decided to pit women gladiators against male ones. Both the men and women were obviously highly fit and ripped. Try as they might, the filmmakers simply couldn't make it look like a fair fight.
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Re:Medieval Cambridge skeletons reveal injuries to manual la... by sudosysgen on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:47PM (#25994460)
This is indeed true. That's why women in combat roles historically did not engage in such roles. Instead, women often manned defences, were light archers, and so on.
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