Women 54.0 76.5 21.4

The average weight of the men was 63.1 kilograms, and of the women 51
kilograms; and, making deduction for this, the strength of the men
is still not less than twice as great as that of the women. The
anthropometric committee reported to the British Association in 1883
that women are little more than half as strong as men.

The first field day of the Vassar College Athletic Association was
held November 9, 1895, and a comparison of the records of some of
the events with those of similar events at Yale University in the
corresponding year gives us a basis of comparison:[43]

Yale Vassar
100-yard dash 10-2/5 sec. 15¼ sec.
Running broad jump 23 ft. 11 ft. 5 in.
Running high jump 5 ft. 9 in. 4 ft.
220-yard dash 22-3/5 sec. 36¼ sec.

Miss Thompson, whose results were obtained in a psychological
laboratory, concludes that in reactions where strength is involved men
are clearly superior to women, and this is the only respect in which
she finds a marked difference:

Motor ability in most of its forms is better in men than in
women. In strength, rapidity of movement, and rate of fatigue
they have a very decided advantage. These three forms of
superiority are probably all expressions of one and the same
fact--the greater muscular strength of men. Men are very
slightly superior to women in precision of movement. This fact