[jonahbenton]

My non-medical person understanding is that the physiology and mechanics in the knee are very different but beyond that it is a "no one knows" situation which seems shameful.

Again, have zero medical background and am not a woman but my mental model from my wife and daughters' experience and from paying a lot of attention to professional women's soccer is that it is simultaneously true that there are a huge number of physical/biological things when it comes to athletics that completely different in women and yet also that they are entirely unstudied. Like it is just a crazy giant blind spot.