“Women are inferior to men” is true or not

Compared to men, women are born weaker. Some “strong women” may not believe this, and think that they are much stronger than those stay-at-home guys because they exercise and live a healthy life. Well, let these 8 pieces of evidence convince you!

1. Women have a slower metabolism and are more likely to have cold hands and feet in winter

Men have more muscle and less fat, while women have less muscle and more fat. In the process of oxidizing carbohydrates and fats, muscles consume a large amount of calories and emit a large amount of heat energy. Therefore, women's metabolism is slower than men's, which is why they are always afraid of cold and have cold hands and feet in winter. Women also metabolize some substances more slowly than men. For example, when it comes to alcohol, women generally drink less than men. This is because women's livers are less able to break down alcohol and are slower, resulting in a large amount of unbroken alcohol dissolving into the blood.

2. The most vulnerable and most easily stretched ligaments in women

Women's ligaments are naturally much more fragile than men's. Compared with men, women are more likely to sprain the ligaments of their knees during exercise. Moreover, once a ligament is sprained, it takes several months to heal. Juran said this may be related to women's wider hips, which put greater forces on the knee ligaments than men. In addition, women generally react slower than men during exercise and cannot resolve danger in time, making them more susceptible to injury. Studies show that ligaments are most vulnerable during menstruation and a week after the period ends.

3. Women’s digestive system is the worst during menstruation, and stomach discomfort is a sign of menstruation.

Even if men and women eat the same amount of food, women take longer to digest it than men. Studies have shown that women are three times and twice as likely to suffer from chronic constipation and intestinal diseases as men, respectively. The difference obviously starts with chewing. Also, women's saliva has a different chemical composition than men's, which may make the digestion of food in women seem slow and time-consuming. Traditional Chinese medicine has found that women with facial spots usually have weaker digestive systems.

It is worth noting that women's digestive system is more fragile during menstruation. Studies have found that about 45% of women will experience abdominal bloating during menstruation, and nearly 1/3 of women say that symptoms of stomach discomfort have become a sign of the arrival of menstruation.

4. Women feel more pain and painkillers work differently for men and women

Surveys show that about 70% of chronic pain patients are women. The pains that are most difficult for women to endure include not only labor pain, dysmenorrhea, but also low back pain, chronic pelvic pain, headaches, etc. A recent report released by the International Association for the Study of Pain also pointed out that women experience more intense and more frequent pain than men, and they are more likely to experience cyclical pain. This may be due to differences in the body structure and central nervous system between men and women. Because women have 34 nerve fibers per square centimeter of skin, while men only have 17. Therefore, women are more sensitive to pain than men and are particularly prone to migraines and chronic diseases of the neck and shoulders.

5. Women's immunity is on a roller coaster. Women who have more than 6 friends are more resistant to colds.

Women have control over their immune systems that men cannot match. Marian, director of the Gender Differences Project at Columbia University

Dr. Lekato pointed out that women's immunity usually fluctuates greatly. They are more likely to suffer from difficult diseases such as lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease and multiple sclerosis. However, when faced with minor illnesses such as colds and fevers, their immunity to invading bacteria becomes stronger than men.

"The biggest damage to women's immune system is bad eating habits." Deng Xiuling, a doctor in the Department of Endocrinology at Wuhan Union Hospital affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, said that some women have been dieting and being picky about food for years, which will cause unbalanced nutritional intake, lead to vitamin and trace element deficiencies, damaged cell function, and affect the immune system.

6. At what age are women most likely to suffer from heart disease?

Dr. Marianne Lecato pointed out that women suffer their first heart disease 10 years later than men, but once they do, it is often fatal. Generally speaking, heart diseases such as angina pectoris are mainly suffered by men, but once women have heart disease, it becomes more serious. Once the heart is unwell, there are often symptoms such as shortness of breath, physical fatigue and jaw pain, and these symptoms usually last for several hours, not just a few minutes. This situation is more common during menopause, because the amount of estrogen in women's bodies decreases and its protective function is relatively weakened.

How to prevent it: Researchers at Texas State University suggest that women should pay attention to the following aspects to prevent heart disease: If the weight loss or gain exceeds 10 kilograms in a year, the heart will be significantly damaged, while gradual weight loss of 3-5 kilograms a year is good for health; eat less egg yolks, especially for elderly women with high cholesterol, who can only eat two egg yolks a week.

7. Most gynecological cancers in women have no obvious symptoms in the early stages

Cancer is more harmful to women than men because many gynecological cancers have no obvious symptoms in the early stages, so it is easy to miss the best time for treatment. There are also more types of cancer in women than in men, the most common of which are breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and endometrial cancer. A 2005 study by the American Association for Women's Health Research found that cancer (especially breast cancer) is the health issue that women worry about the most.

8. Women are more susceptible to depression and dementia. Women are three times more likely to suffer from depression than men.

Because women have less serotonin in their brains than men, a chemical whose production is controlled by estrogen and affects mood, and women are more sensitive and stronger in response to changes in serotonin, women are three times more likely to suffer from depression than men. Additionally, menopause and childbirth can also trigger depression. A research report published by the Mayo Clinic in the United States pointed out that women are more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease.