It is a fact of life that men enjoy certain physical advantages
over women. On average, men are stronger, taller, faster and less likely to be
overweight. But none of these attributes seem to matter over the long haul. For
whatever the physical virtues of maleness, longevity is not among them.
Women, as a group, live longer than men. Even across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men and recent research revealed that among people over 100 years old, 85% are women.
Women, as a group, live longer than men. Even across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men and recent research revealed that among people over 100 years old, 85% are women.
1. The Burden of Natural
Genetic Deficits. While every cell in a
woman’s body has two large X chromosomes, men have one X and one smaller Y
chromosome; the Y is half the size. The “spare” X chromosomes allow women’s
bodies to compensate when faced with damage in ways that men’s cells cannot. In
addition, mutations are three to six times more likely in a Y chromosome than
an X chromosome.
2. The Big Delay: This
is a one big advantage women have over men in terms of cardiovascular disease,
like heart attack and stroke. Women develop these problems usually in their 70s
and 80s, about 10 years later than men, who develop them in their 50s and 60s.
3. Hard Drugs and Alcohol: Although women indulge in this too but the rate is higher
in men. A lot of men have done horrendous damage to themselves over time with
smoking and drinking.
4. The Testostereone Storm: This is the time in the live a guy when the levels of the
hormone can be quite high and changeable, and that can induce some pretty
dangerous behavior among young men.
5. They Take Risks: Men are biologically more prone to risky behavior, this is
sometimes caused by the slower development of the area of the brain that
governs judgment and sometimes by the presure the society put on us
6. Self-Reliance: It is always good to be
able to do things for yourself but there are things you cannot accomplish on
you own and some men don’t seem to reason that way. We have this mentality of I
can do it all on my own. I don’t depend on anybody. I can’t depend on others in
society to take care of me, so I need to rely on myself
7. Men Don’t Pay
Attention To Their Health: Men
pay more attention to their wives’ health than their own. When a woman
complains of sickness, the man will either take her to the hospital or ask her
to see a doctor but when he falls sick, he will take paractamol and wave it off
as nothing.
8. Some Men Hardly Rest: This group of men are always at work, from morning till
night everyday. There is nothing like rest in their dictionary. They work
all the time.
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