I would disagree, actually. I am a woman who loves powerlifting, actually, and I think that the attitudes of many women in the United States toward lifting heavy things renders them less likely to actually do it. Many women believe they&#x27;ll bulk up, they&#x27;ll be unwomanly, men won&#x27;t like them, women won&#x27;t like them, it&#x27;s ok to be physically weak as a woman because you can always get a guy to open the jar&#x2F;lift the box. As a result, these women don&#x27;t try to lift heavy things and when you ask them why, they say, &quot;I can&#x27;t! I am just not good at it.&quot; I&#x27;m a relatively small woman who got up to a 220-lb deadlift without much effort -- I know active helplessness when I see it.