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Well, I checked, and the original D&D recognized no stat differences whatsoever between the sexes.
AD&D (both editions) capped women's strength at 18(50) instead of 18(00), which meant women could never lift more than 280 pounds, while men could potentially lift up to 480.
But Gygax said in an interview he never enforced that rule because the whole game was fantasy so who really gives a shit about that particular sliver of realism.
...even though in many other ways, Gygax was obsessed with realism and wanted the DM to track basically every calorie the players ate.
Correct. But he was big on the "realism" of combat & weapons. That came from his tabletop game background. Economics however? When a goblin carries a year's worth of wages? Lolz. So broken.