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(I had edited my comment so that your quote doesn't apply any more- apologies) This is an apples and oranges comparison. In your example, people were saying quite specifically that "you can run as fast as a man, and men tend to be faster runners than women". The OPs post said nothing of the sort. You are inferring that they were referring to strength, but there's nothing to indicate that. Living by yourself in the wo…
> Living by yourself in the woods is apparently manly. Yes, men are more likely to live in the woods by themselves than females. I haven't looked up this fact anywhere, but I guarantee I can find you a reference if you want one. > But saying that she is "more of a man"... ... means she is better than most men at something they typically perform "better" (in a quantitive sense, mind you) than females. Which is complet…
Attributing gender as a broad label is sexist because it creates a gender definition where there is not one. There are women stronger than the average man, it does not make them "more of a man", it makes them "stronger than the average man". There is an important distinction.
Again, nothing would have been lost if the original post described her as "strong" instead of "more of a man".
(And yes, I understand American English perfectly, thank you. It is not difficult.)