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Have you ever wondered why women live longer than men?
Studies show that women’s survival is consistent and truly remarkable as observed in human beings and animals. Lifestyle may be a factor but there are more causes or contributors.
Why Do Women Live Longer than Men?
Discuss:
1. What are the contributing factors mentioned in the article? What surprised you the most?
2. What is Spain’s life expectancy?
3. Would you like to live a long life? Why or why not?
4. Should scientist slow down the aging process?
One reply on “Why Do Women Live Longer than Men?”
What are the contributing factors mentioned in the article? What surprised you the most?
The article says that women live longer than men. It explains the different factors that can contribute in this fact. What surprised me a lot was the hormones fact. It can be caused because of the hormenes on our bodys.
On the one hand, it has been analysis which determine that men without testicles (eunuchs) live longer than men with testicles.
On the other hand, the women hormenes are antyoxidant, so it can gives them benefits to their bodys. It has been other studies in animals which discovered that if you take out female ovaries, the female won’t repair as well as with it.
What is Spain’s life expectancy?
The global life expentancy in Spain is 82,38 years, but the expentancy in men is 80,17 years and expentancy in women is 85,71.
Would you like to live a long life? Why or why not?
I think that all of us would like to live as long as it could be possible, doing whatever to have a long life. I think that this question depends on the quality of the life. I respect the different opionions but, from my point of view, I won’t like to live an artificially life connected to a machine and sleeping.
What is the best and worst age to be?
I think that the life has been done to live it and you have to live the different ages without thinking in what is the best and the worst. Every ages will have something better and something worse.
Should scientist slow down the aging process?
If it ensures a good life quality, it would be a good idea but, from my point of view, this study must have in consider the human evolution and not to have an overpopulation. What would we do if we have not enough resources to live?