Female Superiority

[sprintcyclist]

How come women are better?

[sprintcyclist]

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health ... 54aks.html

........... I started my career working in Alzheimer’s disease, and always wondered why, at the far end of life, there are so few men. Eighty per cent of centenarians and 95 per cent of super-centenarians (110 or older) are women. Colleagues said, “Well, it’s behaviour. Men drink more alcohol, jump off more buildings, and die from violence and war.” And I thought, “Okay.”

But years later, I was training in a neonatal intensive-care unit, and there again, boys had more infections, more assisted ventilation, and unfortunately more deaths. And people couldn’t tell me why. But it certainly wasn’t behavioural. That sparked a 10-year journey to answer a fundamental question: why do women have a survival advantage, at every data point in life, over men? And so I’m proposing a new biological law. In a species, the sex that gets the same two sex chromosomes has an immense advantage.

Why?
Humans have 23 chromosome pairs. One of those pairs consists of our two sex chromosomes. Females have two X chromosomes (XX), males have one X, one Y (XY). The X chromosome has about 1000 genes; the Y has maybe 70. The X is one of the biggest chromosomes; the Y is very short and stubby. The X contains extremely significant genes: genes that make and maintain the brain, and control immune function. Most Y genes are involved with making sperm, and ear hair! The X is just a very unique, important chromosome.

But men do have an X.
But only one. All my cells are using an identical X – the one I got from my mother. So if that X has any problems – genetic mutations, spelling mistakes in the genetic code – tough luck for me. But a woman has two Xs: one from her mother, one from her father. So if one X has a problem, the healthy X can compensate.

Take Hunter syndrome, for example. That’s a disease where a faulty X chromosome can’t produce a necessary enzyme. So if a male has Hunter syndrome, his body must use his one faulty X in every cell. But a female can utilise her alternative, healthy X cells to produce enough enzymes to support her faulty X sister cells. And so although they’re the carriers, women are almost never affected by Hunter syndrome. Their XX protects them.

And there’s another advantage. Because the healthy X cells keep the faulty X cells alive, they’re still available to the body. It’s like having two toolboxes. One toolbox may have a broken hammer, so you use the hammer from the second box. But the broken-hammer box might also have a really awesome screwdriver. So by keeping both toolboxes alive – this metaphor is breaking down! – you can still use that screwdriver for another problem down the track. ...............

[Texan]

They are better at some things and worse at others. Women in general are much better multitaskers. They are more adept socially. They are better nurturers. They tend to deal with stress a little better. Women have better stamina and can get by with less rest and still function. Men need their rest or they suffer more.

Men are bigger and stronger. They handle rougher environments better. They are more math oriented. They look at things more logically and are better problem solvers. They use these skills and attributes to build things and profit from them.

These are generalizations and I'm sure you can find differing examples.

[sprintcyclist]

They are better at some things and worse at others. Women in general are much better multitaskers. They are more adept socially. They are better nurturers. They tend to deal with stress a little better. Women have better stamina and can get by with less rest and still function. Men need their rest or they suffer more.

Men are bigger and stronger. They handle rougher environments better. They are more math oriented. They look at things more logically and are better problem solvers. They use these skills and attributes to build things and profit from them.

These are generalizations and I'm sure you can find differing examples.

I think our time has come and gone

[Bobby]

In adulthood, men’s I.Q is on average slightly higher (4-5 I.Q points).

Below, summary of sex differences found at the national level. A minus sign indicates a female advantage (only in Argentina). For all studies, the male intellectual advantage is 0.206SD, ie 3.1 points of Q.I.


https://www.human-intelligence.org/sexual-differences/