That's gonna leave a mark.
It shouldn't. It's a simple reality, understood by anyone who has ever done physical work or been in serious physical training. The female athletes understand this as well as anyone.
We have an insane GI Jane notion running loose in generally leftist circles that discounts the physical differences between the sexes. I find it difficult to believe that its advocates take it seriously, but if they do, I suspect most of them have been so insulated from physical work/training that they simply have no clue.
Women's sports will never succeed financially if they try to be clones of the men's game. They have to be taken on their own merits and develop their own fan base.
I have soccer playing daughters and they and their teammates sometimes attend Washington Spirit games (Women's Professional Soccer). The stands are full of youth soccer players and older women (i.e., early 20's and up), many with boyfriends/husbands, most of whom clearly used to play the game (and perhaps still do, recreationally). That's a start.