Men have XY chromosomes, whereas women have XX chromosomes. What can be going on?Īccording to Dr Moalem, it’s all in the chromosomes. Even when comparing nun and monks living in cloistered circumstances, with little to no environmental risks, it’s the nuns who live longer.
Doctor and scientist Sharon Moalem says this is not the case. This is generally put down to the riskier behaviour men are more likely to indulge in.
Look at the statistics for any country and women live longer. It’s a well-known fact that women outlive men. Revolutionary and utterly convincing, The Better Half will make you see humanity and the survival of our species anew.In this fascinating study, women are proven to be the stronger sex. It also calls for a reconsideration of our male-centric, one-size-fits-all view of medical studies and even how we prescribe medications, a view that still sees women through the lens of men. With clear, captivating prose that weaves together eye-opening research, case studies, and diverse examples from the behaviour of honeybees to the fate of the Donner party and experiences from his personal life and his own patients, The Better Half explains why genetic females triumph over males when it comes to resiliency, intellect, stamina, immunity and much more. And then it all clicked into place two X chromosomes offer a survival advantage.
He couldn't understand why men were consistently less likely to thrive. Sharon Moalem throughout his career when he was treating premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit when he was recruiting the elderly for neurogenetic studies when he was tending to HIV-positive orphans in Thailand. Women are simply stronger than men at every stage of life, though we are taught the opposite. They are less likely to suffer from learning and developmental disabilities, and are better at fighting cancer and surviving famine.
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