Sports and SexesIn sports the sexes are separate. (36) and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That (37) is (38) people say. Women are (39) "the weaker sex", or if men want to please them, "the fair sex". But boys and girls are taught (40) schools and universities. There are women (41) are famous prime ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. (42) European woman can expect (43) until the age of 74; a man only until he is 68. Are women’s bodies really weaker The fastest men can run a mile in (44) 4 minutes. The best women need 5 minutes. Women’s times are always slower than (45) , but some facts are a surprise. Some of the (46) women swimmers today are girls. One of them swam 400 metres (47) 4 minutes and 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first "Tartan" in films was (48) Olympic swimmer, Jonny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 metres was 4 minutes and 59.1 seconds, (49) is 37.9 seconds (50) than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are (51) men (52) . Conditions are very different now, and sport is much (53) serious. It is (54) serious that some women are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check (55) the women are really women or not. It seems like that sport has many problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes. 40().

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