Re: Katie Brennan
Reply #9 –
From Science Daily 6 Sep 2017:
Scientists have known for more than a decade that female athletes sustain concussions at a higher rate than males when playing sports with similar rules, such as soccer, basketball and baseball/softball. Females also tend to report more symptoms -- and more severe ones -- and may also take longer to recover from brain injuries than their male counterparts.
There are many more peer reviewed articles exploring concussion in females but it is generally accepted that concussion rates are higher and the consequences are worse for women. That’s one of the reasons the AFL is tougher on rough play in the AFLW. They would be avoiding their duty of care if they applied more lenient penalties.
Peter Gordon has been extraordinarily strident in his claims of discrimination, and I suspect that he is the instigator of the complaint to HRC. Perhaps he would be better off getting up to speed on female concussions.