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fun facts about the female body: a thread
women have better immune systems. itâs believed that the female sex hormone, oestrogen, plays a fairly decent role in this but another explanation is that it developed over time because women carry pregnancies/go through childbirth which is a very vulnerable time.
the uterus is the size of an orange: over the course of nine months in pregnancy, it grows to the size of a watermelon
our spines are structured differently to males! the curvature of a femaleâs lower spine spans across 3 vertebrae while a maleâs spans across 2; this, along with the higher amount of elastin in our tendons/muscles means weâre typically more flexible than men
while men are physically stronger than us, our muscles are not easily fatigued: in a study, women were able to exercise for longer than men in stamina related exercises around 75% of the time. itâs believed our oestrogen levels contribute to this too!
women see more shades than men; colour perception is tied closely to the X chromosome which men only have one of!
women have a higher pain threshold than men, because we donât recall past pain the same way. men typically are more stressed and hypersensitive when going through pain that theyâve experienced before, while women tend to forget which means it doesnât impact our future perception.
women have a larger frontal and temporal cortex which influences our language skills - this means weâre fairly good at expressing ourselves using our words!
women are usually really good at reading faces, which helps us empathise better than men tend to - women can perceive/respond to positive facial emotions at an automatic processing level at with more success than men
women have two brain centres dedicated to speech which allows for better hearing than men!
female hearts beat faster than male hearts
women have a thicker cerebral cortex than men, which positively effects our rationality compared to men
the female brain is 9% smaller than a male brain - though we still manage to have the same number of brain cells as them, and it doesnât affect our intelligence!
prehistoric women had an average of 50 periods over the course of their lifetime. the average woman today can expect about 450 in comparison
women are better multitaskers! which makes sense because im doing this thread while cleaning my kitchen
our uteruses actually support a lot of organs in our bodies; our bowels and bladders for example! it provides structural integrity for our pelvic bones and other various organs as well
accidentally hit send w/o adding it to the thread but sources: https://twitter.com/crimeofcupid/status/1312908083144781824
