• Do women actually live longer than men? • Is estrogen the savior hormone? • Can men take female hormones to prolong life?
Biology has never been fair to the sexes. The other side has always appeared to be greener. Without being inclined to any gender, I have tried to explain scientifically why women live longer than men. Here we talk only science. And if you didn’t already know, yes, women live longer than men. Science says so. According to the latest WHO research, average life span of men in India is 69.9 and women is 72.2 years. In the Western world, the average life span is 73.7 years for men and 83.8 years for women. Females also live longer than males in many other species; for instance, in the laboratory, female rats live on average 14% longer than males. The fact that this phenomenon also occurs in animals other than humans indicates that it cannot be attributed to sociological factors but rather reflects specific biological characteristics of genders.Author-Ekta Bhagia