In my work, I work with many women. I went to an all-male public high school in Baltimore. I was thinking of psychology but my mother suggested the teachers' college. It was very inexpensive. The high school was 100% male but the college was 80% female. I have one sibling, a sister.
I like males but I like females more. The attraction is fundamentally sexual but on top, it is communicative and basic curiosity. I knew about Ashley Montague's book "The Natural Superiority of Women". In checking the publication date of that book (1953), I learned about "The Better Half: On The Genetic Superiority of Women" by Sharon Moalem, PhD, MD (2021). He is an American geneticist. We had read an earlier book of his and as I say, I am interested in the human male/female divide. I also found "Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct" by Abigail Tucker, also just out.
I have been reading The Better Half. I like to read on a Kindle reader where I can highlight interesting parts with my fingertip. When I find a good comment, I like to send it to my Twitter account. I have sent these:
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BIGGER. TALLER. FASTER. STRONGER. These are the words that have
always been used to describe men. But what if scientifically the more accurate words are frail, fragile, feeble, and vulnerable?
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As for centenarians, women's survival advantage is even more exaggerated: out of one hundred centenarians alive today, eighty are women and only twenty are men.
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Interestingly, as I was to discover, female mice can have much stronger immune systems, which could complicate the results of an experiment that's trying to cure infections equally in both sexes.
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That superior cellular cooperation creates the fertile ground for a unique resilience that only women possess.
