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:
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A woman will more easily
trust somebody who hugs her for at least 15 seconds.
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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.
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A
woman’s skin is two times more sensitive than a man’s skin.
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Female
muscles are more flexible because they contain elastin.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In
ancient Rome women used Gladiator sweat to improve their beauty and complexion.
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In China, women who are unmarried by
their late 20s or 30s are called, “Sheng nu,” which means the leftover woman.
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In Russia, there are 9 million more
women than men.
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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.
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Men
cry 6 to 17 times in a year, but women cry an average 30–60 times per year.
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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).
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Men
speak about 13,000 words a day while women can speak about 20,000 words a day.
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On average, women in South Africa
earn a third less than their male counterparts.
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Only
2% of women all around the world describe themselves as a beautiful.
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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.
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The first computer programmer was a
woman, Ada Lovelace.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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The woman who underwent the world’s
first successful womb transplant became pregnant in 2013.
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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.
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Women are less likely to be involved
in car accidents.
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Women
believe that in an argument with a man that they are always right.
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Women
can talk with their girlfriend on the phone for two hours, and still talk when
they meet up in the same day.
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Women
eat about 4.40925 pounds of lipstick in their life.
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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.
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Women have only been able to vote in
the whole of Switzerland since 1991.
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Women have significantly more
nightmares than men.
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Women
listen with both sides of their brain.
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Women live longer than men. This is
partially because their immune systems age slower.
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Women
look at themselves about 5 times a day in a mirror.
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Women
multitask better than men because the orpus callosum in the female brain
is larger.
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Women typically have lower blood
pressure than men regardless of race or ethnicity.
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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]
[i] Sources used:
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“25 facts
about women you should know!” By
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“25 Fun Facts about What Makes Men and Women Different” by Ask the
Scientists
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“25 fun facts about women” by Megan
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“25 Things Men Should Know About Women” by Emily
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www.metric-conversions.org/weight/kilograms-to-pounds.htm
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“Venus” by Greek Gods & Goddesses
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