Editing -4 Str

[[Image:Women are weak.JPG|thumb|-4 Str Git Bak In Teh Kitchen1!!]]

'''-4 Str''' is a [[meme]] and [[Troll|trollbait]] from [[/tg/]]. The term is used as a shorthand way of saying that all women -- especially [[adventurers]] -- are significantly weaker than men, and ought to take a -4 modifier to their [[Stat|strength]] score. One can guarantee that by invoking these words, a [[musclegirl]] image dump or a stupid argument on whether or not real-life sexual dimorphism is significant enough to stat out will ensue (sometimes both). In any case, it's not worth taking seriously, whether the offending (haw) poster [[/pol/|actually thinks it should be]] or not.

==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 [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|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 [[Dwarf|Dwarves]], -2 Str for femme [[Elf|Elves]], -3 Str for femme [[Gnome]]s and [[Halfling]]s. All the other stats -- Int, Wis, Dex, Con, Chr -- are the same for both genders. Cue bashing of [[Gary Gygax]]."''

There ''are'' other differences than the list above, like female humans only getting up to 18/50 Strength where male humans can reach the max cap of 18/100.

==See Also:== 
*[[Katanas are Underpowered in d20#Women are Underpowered in D20|Women are Underpowered in d20]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_records_in_athletics List of world records in athletics]	
*Comparable weight classes in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_Olympic_weightlifting list of world records in weightlifting]

==Gallery==
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Image:No -4 STR.jpg|"ah-ha-ha-ha NO.(Though hers is a display of agility...)"
Image:-4_Strength.JPG|A wild musclegirl appears! Wat do?
Image:-4strbawwderp.JPG|A popular image for posting in -4 str threads.
Image:AD&D page16.png|1st Ed D&D; the origin of the meme?
Image:Minus4strbanned.png|Who says there are no [[mods]] in /tg/?
File:1230052783344.png|I bet 30 internetz that she couldn't do this without the power armor. That, and a Space Marine is even stronger (true, but Space Marines also have much more genetic modifications).
</gallery>

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