I can see your point about some women athletes looking more masculine than feminine -- either because of their bulk or because they're too thin and toned to reveal typically female characteristics like breasts and hips.

My part of Canada is very multicultural/multinational. The 'average' differences between a woman of Ukrainian descent versus a woman of Chinese descent don't make either of them inherently less female.

Of course, what is accepted as 'male' or 'female' changes over time with both fashion and culture -- remember when kings wore hose and had hair down almost to their arses? And if the hair wasn't real, then they wore wigs? *g*