interesting facts about the female body you didn't know we are all more or less
aware of the incredible endurance of the female body from enduring labor pains to
its uncanny ability to remember small details its power and resourcefulness
are undeniable however there are many facts about the female body that are
less apparent and may surprise you for instance did you know that a woman's
body is more durable over time than a man's did you know men and women's
brains are different sizes want to know more but the female body will stay tuned
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alright so let's look at the female body Oh God not like that we're just trying
to discover new exciting facts about our double X chromosomes gal pals out there
today we bring you a video of facts that you may not have known about the female
body watch enjoy and learn something new women are wired differently according to
a study conducted out of the University of Pennsylvania maps of neural circuitry
showed that on average women's brains were highly connected across the left
and right hemispheres the study which was published in the Journal of
proceedings of the national academy of sciences also showed that in contrast
men's brains have a stronger connection between the front and back regions this
means that generally men's brains are wired more for perception and
coordinated actions while women's brains are wired more for social skills and
memory making them better able to multitask women outlive men according to
Steven Austin chair of the biology department at the University of Alabama
and an international expert on Aging pretty much at every age women seem to
survive better than men austat describes women as being more robust
scientists have yet to determine why but they do know that this isn't something
that occurs with age a male and female newborn who are given the same level of
care don't have the same survival rate males are at a ten percent greater risk
of death this same durability carries on later in
life for females Kathryn Sandberg director of the Centre for the study of
sex differences in health aging and disease at Georgetown University says
cardiovascular disease occurs much earlier in men than women the age of
onset of hypertension high blood pressure also occurs much earlier in men
than women and there's a sex difference in the rate of progression of disease
women see things differently a study led by Brooklyn College psychology professor
Israel Abramov found that across most of the visible spectrum males require a
slightly longer wavelength than do females in order to experience the same
hue longer wavelengths are associated with warmer colors so an orange may
appear more red to a man than to a woman moreover grass almost always appears
greener to women than to men who see verdant objects as more yellow the
purpose of oxytocin is different for women oxytocin sometimes known as the
cuddle hormone or love hormone because it is released when people are
physically close or bonding socially has a different effect on women than men
oxytocin a powerful hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain is
particularly important in women given its vital role in nursing and bonding
with their newborn it also causes uterine contractions during labor and is
responsible for shrinking the uterus after delivery women have different
brains than men a team of researchers led by psychologists Stewart Richie a
post doctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh found that on average women
tend to have much larger cortices the outer layer of the cerebrum that plays
an important role in consciousness than men thicker cortices have been
associated with higher score on an array of cognitive and general
intelligence tests men on the other hand showed higher brain volumes than women
in every subcortical region the study looked at
however when researchers adjusted the numbers to observe the subcortical
regions in relation to overall brain size the comparisons became more similar
that is there were only 14 regions where men had a higher brain volume and 10
where women did women get drunk quicker getting drunk happens because your body
cannot break down and digest alcohol before it circulates in your blood and
makes its way to your brain the key to breaking down alcohol in your system
is an enzyme in your stomach known as alcohol dehydrogenase which breaks down
the alcohol before it enters the bloodstream
researchers from the University School of Medicine in Trieste Italy and the
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx found that woman's stomach lining
produces less of this enzyme than the stomach lining of men this can cause
women to get drunk more easily than men if they're less able to digest the
alcohol before it reaches their bloodstream women are more likely to
suffer from neck pain a study conducted by dr. Maeda reg Kevin drah and dr.
Joseph Hoffman of Loyola University Medical Center
reported that women suffer more from neck pain than men as a result of
cervical disc degeneration cervical degenerative disc disease is a common
cause of neck pain and symptoms include a stiff or inflexible neck burning
tingling or numbness the resulting pain is more frequent when the individual is
standing or moving their head women are more likely to have a sleeping disorder
researchers at sleep GP a medical education provider that offers
specialized sleep medicine training to general practitioners in Coolangatta
Australia found that women were more likely to have sleeping disorders
associated with daytime sleepiness 49% for women versus 36.9% for men women
were also more likely to report an increased burden of symptoms related to
sleepiness furthermore the study showed that women
are more likely to feel excessive fatigue or depression have trouble with
concentration and memory and have difficulty sleeping at night crying this
might seem like a lame stereotype but studies show that women do in fact cry
more than men psychologists from Tilburg University in the Netherlands found that
not only do women cry about two to three times a month in general they cry as
much as five times more than men that's not just in Europe either there
is a similar gap across all countries except Africa where the numbers are
actually much closer together there's a reason women cry more often -
it's in their biology researchers and biologists say that while testosterone
may prevent men from crying female hormones may encourage it so don't be
afraid to cry ladies it's in your nature more nightmares
so they cry more often than men sure but did you know that women tend to have
more nightmares - dr. Jenny Parker of the University of West England found
that women have more nightmares because scary dreams have a strong link to our
emotions and as previously established women's hormones tend to make them more
emotional in dr. Parker's study the women tested tended to have more scary
dreams that were linked to their anxieties
according to dr. Parker women's nightmares can be broadly divided into
three categories fearful dreams being chased or life threatened losing a loved
one or Confused dreams so women try to relax before you go to sleep no one
likes nightmares men or women more flexible here's an upside to being a
woman with more crying in nightmares it was starting to look like all downsides
wasn't it you're born more flexible that's right researchers have found out
that women's lower back is more flexible than their male counterparts they think
it's an evolutionary tactic so that women can have more mobility during
pregnancy without a flexible lower back you'd have a hard time staying upright
with a whole human in your uterus according to studies of pregnant women
when they stood upright and leaned back the curvature of their spine increases
by 60 percent you also apparently have to be more flexible to hold babies in
your arms ladies see being a woman isn't all that bad
you just need to deal with crying nightmares pregnancy neck pain sleeping
disorders getting drunk quicker and wait what are we saying
well anyways that's it ladies did you learn something about yourself how about
you gentlemen did you learn something about the female body that you didn't
know before how about us did we miss anything let us know all the cool facts
about women's bodies that we missed in the comments section below
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