Diamonds

Women not only love diamonds, but are also strong like them.” (Anonymous)


When the first man, Adam, met his wife, Eve (and the first female), he defined her in Genesis 2:23 (ICB) with a word we still use today: “…Now, this is someone whose bones came from my bones. Her body came from my body. I will call her woman because she was taken out of man.” Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, prosperity, fertility, and victory. All parts of who a woman is internally. But for men, we believe trying to learn how to speak Latin (a dead language) may be easier than trying to read (and understand) what’s on a woman’s mind. The average woman takes on many different roles within her lifetime.

They are mothers, young professionals, best friends, students, and the other half of many relationships. What you need to understand is that women are unique in every aspect. They are strong, willing, caring, determined, and any other adjective in the dictionary all in a twenty-four hour period. Through the history of human beings, the differences have helped men and women survive mostly working together.

Don’t let the differences between men and women get in the way of your health or life goals.  Women all around the world are intriguing.  Though our sexes are different, it is these differences that are both real and important to us, and aid us in living life to its fullest. Here are fun facts about women that you may find funny, interesting, and curious:

·        A woman will more easily trust somebody who hugs her for at least 15 seconds.

·        A woman’s circadian rhythm is more likely to be short of a 24-hour period. (They’re often six minutes short of a full day.) Men are more likely to be night owls. But women function better during periods of sleep deprivation.

·        A woman’s skin is two times more sensitive than a man’s skin.

·        Female muscles are more flexible because they contain elastin.

·        Folate is an essential vitamin. Women and men both need it. It’s especially crucial for women of child-bearing age. If they become pregnant, women need enough folate to support the neural development of their babies.

·        For most of life, men and women have the same vitamin D requirements. But older women need to up their intake of vitamin D that’s because it promotes better calcium absorption.

·        From about age 14 to 51, women typically need more iron than men. This is due to their loss of blood during menstruation, which typically happens in a cycle of 28 to 40 days.

·        In ancient Rome women used Gladiator sweat to improve their beauty and complexion.

·        In China, women who are unmarried by their late 20s or 30s are called, “Sheng nu,” which means the leftover woman.

·        In Russia, there are 9 million more women than men.

·        Men and women carry different amounts of body fat. The higher body fat in women (about 10 percent) mostly supports reproductive physiology. When a woman’s body fat gets too low, she stops menstruating. Women typically carry their body fat in their hips and thighs. Fat tends to deposit around men’s stomachs.

·        Men cry 6 to 17 times in a year, but women cry an average 30–60 times per year.

·        Men normally have more red blood cells (4.7–6.1 million cells per microliter compared to 4.2–5.4 million cells per microliter for women).

·        Men speak about 13,000 words a day while women can speak about 20,000 words a day.

·        On average, women in South Africa earn a third less than their male counterparts.

·        Only 2% of women all around the world describe themselves as a beautiful.

·        The differences in the way men and women see the world is partly physical. Women are able to distinguish small difference in color better. Men are more likely to be colorblind, but their eyes also sense movement better.

·        The first computer programmer was a woman, Ada Lovelace.

·        The longest human pregnancy on record was a woman from Los Angeles named Beulah Hunter. She gave birth in 1945 after carrying her baby for 375 days — a full three months longer than normal. (But it was in the days before ultra-sound, so it may just be a case of miscalculation.)

·        The richest woman in the world is Christy Walton. Worth $41.7 billion, she inherited a stake in Wal-Mart, which accounts for most of her fortune.

·        The second longest finger for most women is next to their thumb—the index finger. But men are the opposite. They usually have ring fingers—those next to their pinkie finger—that are longer than their index fingers.

·        The woman who underwent the world’s first successful womb transplant became pregnant in 2013.

·        There are differences in the way male and female brains are structured, how they process information, and interact with chemical signals. Men have more information-containing gray matter, but women have more white matter, which connects different parts of the brain. Women have bigger memory centers than men.

·        Women are less likely to be involved in car accidents.

·        Women believe that in an argument with a man that they are always right.

·        Women can talk with their girlfriend on the phone for two hours, and still talk when they meet up in the same day.

·        Women eat about 4.40925 pounds of lipstick in their life.

·        Women have better senses of smell and taste. They have 50 more cells (neurons) in their olfactory bulbs—the part of the brain responsible for processing smells. Women also usually have more taste buds than men.

·        Women have only been able to vote in the whole of Switzerland since 1991.

·        Women have significantly more nightmares than men.

·        Women listen with both sides of their brain.

·        Women live longer than men. This is partially because their immune systems age slower.

·        Women look at themselves about 5 times a day in a mirror.

·        Women multitask better than men because the orpus callosum in the female brain is larger.

·        Women typically have lower blood pressure than men regardless of race or ethnicity.

·        Zinc needs are generally similar for men and women. Both sexes store zinc in bones, but men also store the essential mineral in their prostate. Pregnant and post-menopausal women require more zinc

“Women are the real architects of society.  ” (Cher)[i]

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[i] Sources used:

·        “25 facts about women you should know!” By Alexandra Katsampiri

·        “25 Fun Facts about What Makes Men and Women Different” by Ask the Scientists

·        “25 fun facts about women” by Megan

·        “25 Things Men Should Know About Women” by Emily

·        www.metric-conversions.org/weight/kilograms-to-pounds.htm

·        “Venus” by Greek Gods & Goddesses

The two important women in my life, my wife and daughter