I've been playing social tennis (mixed doubles) for a long time and recently I noticed women in their 20's actually believe they are as strong as men.
When most guys play doubles against a girl they play "politely" to put it softly.
However, I noticed quite a few the past years come at it with an attitude of competition that they can actually beat men.
The past few years I've had many outright challenge me and other guys. Of course we go easy and just lead them by a point the whole match...but then they actually get really upset when they lose...?
Previously, it was always understood that guys were often just keeping the competition engaging for the female players but now they actually think they really only "lost by a point".
Out of curiosity I used topspin in a match (something men rarely do when playing with women) and of course they could not return it, and they genuinely responded with "wow got lucky there."
My teammate and I decided we would use topspin the whole rest of the match and of course it was an instant close out, couldn't return one. They didn't comprehend that guys are never playing anywhere near 100%...and they still don't, they thought we were "exceptional players" when in fact we are very average for males.
No women over 45 actually believe they are anywhere near as strong as men, nor did they when i played with them when they were in their 20's.
I even heard one women talking how she "works out" and could easily "take a lot of guys in a fight", not only is that statement obviously false because even the weakest of men are stronger than the strongest women it's also insane because if adult males even say that they could "easily take a lot of guys" they would get made fun and another guy would be like "okay Rocky, easy there"
What is causing this? It's really weird, and actually downright insane.
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