Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
Self-selection is a big factor, and I know I see a lot of it in my patients. But I think there are a lot of folks (especially women) who are getting into sports later in life and never had a chance to self-select. Lack of opportunity being the stronger factor.

I'm far too interested in the brainwashing "I'm not good enough" aspect, because I see it so much in my patients and because I see it lurking around discussions of rpms. I'm oversensitive to it. It makes me angry. It makes me very angry that women in particular are steam-rollered by it.
I definitely hear you here! And it makes me both angry and sad when women preface their questions as "stupid." I'm not going to say there are no stupid questions ("Is this going to be on the test?" is among the top ones -- I've told students the answer is always going to be "Yes"). But people who worry about having stupid questions rarely do.