Do you think you know your body well? We don’t think so. Here are 10 shocking facts about the differences between a woman’s and a man’s body that you don’t know yourself.
1- A woman's heart beats faster than a man's:
A woman's heart beats 78-82 times per minute, while an average man's heart beats 70-72 times per minute. This is because a woman’s heart is smaller, weighing about 120 grams compared to 180 grams in men. This is linked to things like body size, heart size, hormones, etc.
And this doesn’t affect heart health in women during their lives or the kinds of heart problems they get more often.
2- Women burn fat slower than men by about 50 calories a day:
This is because men have more active muscle tissue and a bigger muscle mass than women. But women can improve fat burning by eating healthy, doing resistance exercises, and building muscle. This is the best way to burn more calories.
Also, women tend to crave sugary foods, while men prefer high protein foods like steak, burgers, and sometimes pizza. This makes women gain weight faster because eating sugars and simple carbs leads to more fat.
3- Women have stronger immunity than men:
Women have stronger immunity than men which is why more men die than women. Studies say women can fight germs and bacteria better. This is because female estrogen hormone helps immunity. Also, men's immune systems don't build up as easily to fight infections. So sick men tend to exaggerate their pain a lot. For example, if a man sneezes he says he has the flu even if it's just a simple cold.
4- Women have a much better sense of taste than men:
Women's sense of taste is stronger than men's and this isn’t just for adults but also girls have better taste than boys. Also, your tongue has more sweet taste receptors than men's which is why you like sweets much more.
And from another view point, female gender plays a bigger role in protecting offspring during and after pregnancy. This might explain why women also tend to have a stronger sense of smell than men.
5- Women are better than men at distinguishing between color shades:
Women pay a lot of attention to details, especially colors. Most women care about color shades, unlike most men who see similar colors as basically one color.
For example, men might see red wine color and watermelon color as the same, but women separate them into different categories and choose between them based on their taste and how they match other colors.
6- Women tolerate pain more than men:
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Women handle pain better than men, which changes the common belief that women are very sensitive and can't bear pain or hardship.
Women are actually stronger than men in many ways, like their ability to deal with pain such as childbirth pains. Men tend to get more stressed and sensitive when facing pain, especially if they've experienced it before. Women have certain hormones that help them adjust and tolerate pain better than men.
7- Women’s bodies are more flexible than men’s:
Women’s body flexibility is due to their muscle makeup and many want their bodies to be more flexible. This makes them prefer dance and yoga exercises. Also, women’s bones are much smaller and their bones are less dense and thick compared to men’s. The wider pelvic bone in women helps with natural childbirth. That’s why exercise during pregnancy, especially the last months, is recommended.
In short, both men and women can get a flexible body through workouts that help stretch the muscles.
8- Women’s sense of smell is stronger than men’s:
Women have a stronger and more developed sense of smell than men, so perfume companies rely on women in their advertising.
The reason women are better than men at smelling is linked to the brain. Studies on both genders showed women have on average 43% more smell receptor cells than men. These cells in the brain's olfactory bulbs are the first to receive smell signals. Men and women also differ in how they perceive smells.
9- Women cry more than men:
It's known women cry more than men because they can express feelings better. The science behind this is that crying is influenced by a hormone called prolactin, which controls tear flow.
This hormone is abundant in women, but low in men. Men also have 60% fewer tear glands. So men don't cry much because they just don't have many tears.
Researchers found women cry 30 to 64 times a year (men between 6 and 17 times) and women cry longer on average (6 minutes vs 2-3 minutes for men).
10- Women feel pain more than men:
Women have more nerve pain receptors. It's not just being emotional. Women have 34 nerve fibers per 1 cm of face skin while men have 17 in the same area.
Also, women adapt to pain and emotional triggers better than men. They also recover from pain faster (think about childbirth and periods which men can't handle).
