"If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man" is one of the worst nonsense analogies I've ever heard. It doesn't even make sense within its own internal logic. Either it's conflating strength of will with strength of body, or it's saying that pelvic floor strength equates to arm strength. Either way you'd have to be borderline retarded to think it makes sense.
AKHSCHAWULLEY, a proper sword swing in most styles involves the entire body, from a good stance to a good core to good edge alignment. It is indeed possible to inflict great harm with a sword by swinging with just the arm, especially with blade heavy weapons like calvary sabers. However, much like a good punch or even golf swing, the better cut will always come with the activation of the entire body.
This doesn't make the analogy any less shit though.
"If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man" is one of the worst nonsense analogies I've ever heard. It doesn't even make sense within its own internal logic. Either it's conflating strength of will with strength of body, or it's saying that pelvic floor strength equates to arm strength. Either way you'd have to be borderline retarded to think it makes sense.
AKHSCHAWULLEY, a proper sword swing in most styles involves the entire body, from a good stance to a good core to good edge alignment. It is indeed possible to inflict great harm with a sword by swinging with just the arm, especially with blade heavy weapons like calvary sabers. However, much like a good punch or even golf swing, the better cut will always come with the activation of the entire body.
This doesn't make the analogy any less shit though.
All of that is downstream of grip strength, where 85% of men are stronger than a 99th percentile woman.
The average man would have a stronger grip with four fingers than the average woman has with all five.