Please explain to me how "self-consciousness" and "inhibition" play a role here.
By "inhibition", are you referring to the physical aspect?
I don't see what you're getting at with "self-consciousness".
@Sam
Peach has bombs, but Payas says she can't throw them very far due to "mental constraints".
It's the human psychology. The way you think and work.
You may not realize it, or even may think that this is not a great deal, but the standards, the way kids are raised, the psychological locks society places on them and the way our brain makes us want to fit on groups and look good really affect our motor skills.
This has been proven by scientists in multiple tests. Thanks to these social stigmas MANY girls are underdeveloped when it comes to physical activities. Especially in throwing. Hell, throwing has been proven to be one of the most drastic differences girls have with men.
Girls can't throw for ****. Their brains, their consciousness, everything is made so that they don't throw stuff well. This difference, as shown in that article, is even more severe than the difference in math and proven solving abilities.
Physicaly, girls are programed NOT to risk their bodies or put themselves in danger. Studies have proven this to be true because boys are a LOT more likely to do dangerous stuff than girls. Why? because girls are programed to take a more passive role in our society.
That's what it means in inhibition and self consciousness. For some stupid reason, mother nature saw fit to make girls suck at throwing stuff because of their brains.
Then again, Mother nature also saw it fit to make our body act like ******** puppies in emergencies. Or make a fish that sees above him.