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5. The legs are relatively stronger than the arms in women, for the reason that the amount of exertion by the legs is more nearly equal in the two sexes than in the case of the arms. The greater strength of the thigh flexors is, perhaps, due to the fact that the bones of the legs are, in women, shorter than in men, so that the muscles acting upon the thigh have a better leverage than in men. The same reason will hold good for the thigh abductors and adductors, which are relatively the strongest muscles possessed by the average woman. The greater width of hips perhaps affords another anatomical advantage to the muscles of the thigh in women.
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