-4 Str

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The belief that all women, especially adventurers, are significantly weaker than men, thereby taking a -4 modifier to their strength score. One can guarantee that by invoking these words a musclegirl image dump will ensue.

What to do if a musclegirl dump is polluting your /tg/:
- Counter musclegirl image dump with Encyclopaedia Dramatica's Women page. Showing the universal truth of female inferiority to those miserable deviants.

History

Though its origins are shrouded in mystery, some evidence has come along to point to -4 Str's beginnings, or at least a very similar concept.

An oldfag says: "This meme is at least as old as 1978. Check page 15 of 1st ed. AD&D: a table for racial min/max for each stat and gender, but the only real difference is -1 Str for femme Dwarves, -2 Str for femme Elves, -3 Str for femme Gnomes and Halflings. All the other stats -- Int, Wis, Dex, Con, Chr -- are the same for both genders. Cue feminazi bashing of Gary Gygax."