Why do women live longer the men?

Question

One common answer is testicles and testerzone. Does the fact that testicles (balls) litterally hang in the groin and can be easily damaged make any difference? Or is it the XX vs XY chromozone, or the prostrate which is a constant concern to older men. Or is it that females are just born lucky, to be female. Do not have the problems or war, etc. Are you glad to be a Female?

Answer 1

Besides the fact that women are connected with war these days I don't think that women are exactly born "lucky" Not only do we have to work harder to get a job that makes decent money but we have to deal with monthly cramps and bearing children. I think that women live longer because they're smarter than men when it comes to making decisions like "should i go 90mph around this corner on my street bike and see how low I can get?" I think that women value life more because they have the motherly instinct where as a man will not consider the consequences of that sort of action

Answer 2

That use to be true, But women are catching up with men because there are more woman having to deal with the stresses of working and raising a family, since there are more working single woman now. they are catching up with men. or the other way aroundIn the past two decades, however, there has been a notable deceleration in
the extension of life expectancy in women. The reasons for this decline are
still being debated. Some researchers feel that women in developed
countries
are close to reaching the natural limits of human life span, and so their
gains in life expectancy must inevitably diminish.

But some sociologists have discounted this reasoning, pointing instead to
women's changing roles in society. As more women have taken on behaviors
and
stresses that were formerly confined to men--smoking, drinking and working
outside the home--they have become more likely to suffer from diseases that
were traditionally considered "masculine." Mortality from lung cancer, for
example, has almost tripled in women in the past two decades. Smoking seems
to be the "great equalizer" for men and women: current actuarial data from
Bragg Associates in Atlanta show that on average middle-aged female smokers
live no longer than male smokers do.

In part because of these factors, men's and women's death rates in the U.S.
have begun to converge in the past 20 years. But it is primarily the
reduction in male mortality, as opposed to the increase in female
mortality,

Answer 3

No, it isn't the "balls" it's the stress level. Much higher for men than for women. For years men took on the challenges of making a living, going to war, smoking, etc. The women, while challenged had an easier time. When women started entering the workplace and encountering the same problems their lifespans got shorter.

Healthclass.

Answer 4

I believe it is the male factor! Testosterone especially, men burn enormous amounts of adrenaline during the stress of physical work and combative type sports, their muscles are much larger than females and much more adrenaline is necessary to fire the machinery, a mans determined focus and brute force I believe burn up much more than just hormones, blood pressure soars the whole anatomy is in overdrive. Few females ever exert the physical force that is common during a males lifetime.

Answer 5

The short version:
Male animals often have to compete for female attention -- witness the male peacock's showy tail and the male moose's battle-ready antlers; vying against other suitors can be risky.

The University of Michigan's Daniel Kruger, PhD, and Randolph Nesse, MD, wrote the paper. They argue that men are much more likely than women to engage in risky and sometimes violent behavior, ultimately raising men's death rate.

More men than women die in car accidents, other types of accidents, homicides, and suicides, the researchers note. They add that in the U.S., the gender gap in death rates peaks in young adulthood and is mainly due to behavior.
http://foxnews.webmd.com/content/article/122/114535.htm?src=rss_foxnews

Longer version: http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/10.01/WhyWomenLiveLon.html

Answer 6

Yes I am glad to be a woman and we do take more care of our health than men. We also have the same stress, work (more inside the home ) than men.

Answer 7

Because women drive men to early, often welcome, graves. Gives the women an opportunity to spend their last few years blowing the man's life insurance on younger men and actually enjoying themselves.
Actually it is more an issue of compression of morbidity than death rates. Women tend to linger with many illnesses than men.

Answer 8

I think when your Do Not have an XX Chromosome that your life is shorter. [Then you have 2 have XY 2 be male.] Well, hope I helped!! =]

Answer 9

The logical answer is because men work themselves to death supporting a family financially.

Answer 10

SOme feel that estrogen acts as a kind of natural heart protector, for once women go through menopause and estrogen production is reduced, they suffer more heart attacks