Of these supercentenarians, 42 are women. She once worked as a plantation worker. Her lifestyle betrays few clues as to how she has lived so long.
But one factor we know has helped is being a woman. Yet there is bizarrely little research to explain the biology behind this. It is there from the moment a girl is born.
She explains that, globally, a million babies die on the day of their birth every year. What makes baby girls so robust remains mostly a mystery. For reasons unknown, girls may be getting an extra dose of survivability in the womb. Wherever it comes from, women seem to be shielded against sickness later on. The age of onset of hypertension [high blood pressure] also occurs much earlier in men than women.
Austad found that in the United States in , women died at lower rates than men from 12 of the 15 most common causes of death, including cancer and heart disease, when adjusted for age. Even when it comes to everyday coughs and colds, women have the advantage. Higher levels of oestrogen and progesterone could be protecting women in some way, not only by making our immune systems stronger, but also more flexible.
This may help maintain a healthy pregnancy. On the downside, a powerful immune response also makes women more susceptible to autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The body is so good at fighting off infection that it attacks its own cells. And this may explain why women tend to report more pain and sickness than men. Another factor is simply that men are dying more. At least some of the gaps in health and survival may be social, reflecting gender behaviour.
Women may be more likely to seek medical help, for instance. Men may have less healthy diets or do more dangerous work. Nonetheless, Austad and Sandberg are convinced that nature accounts for a good deal of what we see. If they are right, this raises a deeper scientific conundrum. Our bodies adapted over millennia to our environments. So what could it have been in our evolutionary past that gave the female body a little more of this magical robustness?
How and why would one sex have developed a survival edge over the other? Read them yourselves:. Philosophically speaking, the blessings we seek for our efforts and sincerity as a mother, a wife, a homemaker, a breadwinner, and what not—may have a part to play in our longevity. Our survival skills are just as kickass as our management skills The same study also highlights the fact that women are more likely to survive tougher conditions such as famines, extreme climatic changes, and disease epidemics as compared to men—and have a stronger immunity too.
We can handle pain better Just like most things in life, we can also handle pain better than men because according to a study conducted at the McGill University, women have a higher threshold for pain. We are also emotionally stronger A study published in the journal Emotion says that women are better at identifying their negative emotions such as sadness and disgust—thanks to them being responsible for reproduction. Another study conducted in found that women were also better at managing their emotions and were less likely to cry after watching a sob story.
As per a study conducted at the Binghamton University in New York and University College London, in case of a break-up, women may feel the hurt deeper as compared to men. However, they tend to heal faster while men simply move on and never really mend. And yes, we are mentally stronger too According to a study conducted by the researchers from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, the University of St.
It's commonly defined as "a set of emotional and social skills that collectively establish how well we:. It determines how well you get along with others and play in the sandbox!
Some of you may know what EQ is and some may not. What I find really fascinating about EQ is that numerous studies have linked emotional intelligence with success in work, life and in leadership. Those who have higher EQs are generally more successful than their lower EQ counterparts, regardless of their IQ level. Even though we are equal in our overall EQ, men and women possess different EQ strengths or competencies that are considered gender-specific.
As I noted in my book, The Power of Perception: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and the Gender Divide, in general, women tend to score higher than men in areas of empathy, interpersonal relationships and social responsibility.
Men tend to score higher than women in areas of assertiveness, stress tolerance and self-regard or confidence. Recent research exploring emotional intelligence suggests these differences may play a role in the leadership gender gap. These differences often advantage men and disadvantage women at work. It may come as no surprise to you that men and women are hard-wired differently, meaning that we have differences in our neuroanatomy or brain structures.
At a basic level, these differences cause us to think and behave differently. However, I believe that socialization -- the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society -- can be even more powerful in shaping who we become in society. We are bombarded with both direct and indirect messages our entire lives about how we should behave.
We receive these messages through our parents, family members, friends, teachers, coaches, magazines, books, movies, television and even the toys we play with.
Boys are socialized very early on to be competitive, confident, assertive, decisive and even aggressive. Boys are taught about hierarchy and that winning is the most important thing. Girls receive very different messages in their childhoods.
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