Why women’s ice hockey has a higher concussion rate than football

A note on the data: Many of you have noticed that the survey cited at 0:24 contradicts the fact that female athletes report concussions at a higher rate than men playing a comparable sport. However, despite that data point, the general understanding, established through many years of study by different researchers using a variety of methods, is that women do report higher rates of concussion. Although I wasn't able to squeeze all the data in the video, I've listed several sources in the description above. If you'd like to learn more, make sure to check them out. Thanks for watching! -Mac

why did you edit it at 2:08 to make it look like the women's shot was the one that broke the glass?

Women's sports pretty universally have less money-making potential, so there is less financial incentive to avoid reporting. There is a larger and more lucrative market for men's sports, giving greater incentive to continue despite experiencing symptoms. It has been reported that NFL players will intentionally do poorly on their baseline concussion test so that they are less likely to get flagged for subsequent concussions, because there is a lot of money at stake. I suspect that this explains most of the difference.

Hockey player here.
Part of the reason why female hockey players have high concussion rates (even though women’s hockey has no body checking) is because of bad habits.
When girls start playing hockey, they often aren’t taught about the physical aspects of the game. While there’s no checking, there are still collisions and a high amount of body contact. (Important to note that most girls hockey players play in all girls’ leagues, but some do play with boys until middle/high school)
With most girls thinking they don’t have to worry about being on the receiving end of a huge hit, females hockey players (even high level ones) continually do the one thing that you’ll rarely see male players in high school leagues and higher do: have their head down while skating.
Male hockey players don’t skate with their head down because they know that if they do, they’re gonna end up unconscious in the hospital for a few days. Because there’s no checking in women’s hockey, females don’t think about body contact - even though women’s hockey still has a lot of collisions - so they don’t pick their heads up to see if someone’s coming at them.
This is a bad habit that’s not been corrected by a coach at younger levels, and it carries on to big leagues. You can watch High level Girls’ high school hockey, Women’s D1 hockey, even the Women’s Olympic hockey games - you’ll always see them skate with their heads down, and that lack of preparedness for body contact is part of the reason why Women’s hockey has a high concussion rate.

Why aren't women hockey players allowed to check each other, though? Especially when they're playing against other women, and not men? Why take that aspect out of their game at all?

Woman hockey players have more knowledge on the Illuminati so the elites are trying to silence them with concussions. Keep a s k I n g questions

"I'll walk it off"
Ever heard your head ring? Most guys respond with "eh?" And shrugs.

At 0:25 it shows that the "Men's ice hockey" concussion rate is 7.91 and women's is 7.50. It seems like the video is trying to create a narrative that women are suffering more concussions than men...but not when you compare them to the same sports.
The video is comparing Women's Ice Hockey to Men's Football...apples and oranges.

Wait but Women's hockey doesn't allow checking...

2 reasons:
1. Women have weaker neck strength
2. Female players generally play with bad habits (skating with head down)

I have a feeling that the difference comes from the fact that men don't report concussions as much as women, if they do they can be seen as weak, fragile and therefore loose their teammates / coach confidence. We also tend to ignore certain symptoms and are encouraged to "toughen up" and "be a man". Of course that's wrong, concussions are a very serious injury and leads to CTE, which has been linked to early dementia in many contact sports players, especially football.

Women are getting too many concussions:
Vox: allow checking in woman’s hockey

Lmao “Neck Strength”

'Beyond socio cultural factors, researchers are also asking if biological factors play a part to'
Says it all about Vox

"Why do women's hockey players get concussions?"
Because all hockey players get concussions.

"However, despite that data point, the general understanding"
Did you really just write that? So, ignore the DATA that YOU provided, and just go with your opinion?
"although I wasn't able to squeeze all the data in the video, "
So you were just able to fit in data that directly contradicts your point, but the tons of data that supports your opinion was left out?

0:25 It says that men's Ice hockey has more concussions

There'a biological reason. Men are better designed for taking impact, especially male boxers who usually have much thicker necks.

Bottom line don't play contact sports where your physical integrity could be compromised.

I think it all comes down to the fact male athletes don't report concussions because they want to stay in the game