Why do women live longer than men usually? After all, women are the ones who bear children and?

After all, women are the ones who bear children and ... have the burden of caring for family (those in family situations), even holding down jobs, while menfolk seem to have less chores. This is just a generalization so feel free to correct the impression. ;-) Asked by goldie080 41 months ago Similar Questions: women live longer men bear children Recent Questions About: women live longer men bear children Lifestyle.

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A couple of reasons. 1) Stress - I think you underestimate the effect that the burden of caring for a family has on men. Most of us (at least the "good" ones) are not passive observers in the responsibility of family.

A man's traditional role as breadwinner, not to mention the expectation to be a good role model is way more stressful than you might think. It's not that men have more stress in their lives. However, they generally deal with it differently.

Women tend to talk about their feelings and it generally has an effect of reducing stress. Men, on the other hand, are not only concerned that talking about stress inducing matters associated with fear and uncertainty are lkely to be interpreted by those they are taling with as a sign of weakness but often see it as a sign of weakness in themselves. Since a man's traditional social role revolves around being the protector, bread winner, wise patriarch, etc... sturring up such feelings often results in, you guessed it, even more stress.

2) Chores - Yep, you are correct about chores. It is not that men do not have our share of chores. They just generally manafest themselves as larger projects.

Women, on the other hand, generally take care of those day to day matters that keep a family functioning. The implications on longevity are two fold. Firstly, just the act of constantly being up and doing something does wonders for general health.

Secondly, there is the sense of being vitally important. In short, the feeling "I can't die today, I've got too damned much to do! " goes a long way towards promoting longevity.

3) Physical Maintenance - In general men tend to take health advice "under advisement" whereas women actually follow it. Also, as one of the posters on the DB pointed out, men tend to take more risks, thus skewing the odds slightly in women's favor.

The tasks that God as given women are less risky than those of men. The fewer times one has to leave the house, travel, or deal with animals/equipment, the longer one is statistically likely to live. Then there’s the whole heart attack from overwork thing, such as what killed my paternal grandfather digging graves in the rain 25 years before I was born.

Women are usually excellent nurturers Nurturing comes naturally to most women. Men have to cultivate the art of nurturing. The ones who are married a long time have the opportunity to develop nurturing if they want to.

Some don't want to. It has been my experience that I have nurtured many individuals before myself, and sometimes even at the expense of my own care. Now that my children are quite grown (one in her 30's, one nearing 30), I find that I am now naturally drawn more and more to self-care.

I do not neglect my girls, but I do tend to make certain my own needs and dreams have my full attention. Men are more naturally selfish creatures and lots of men have no trouble maintaining a selfish posture. There's nothing wrong with healthy self-care, but the strident tendency toward selfishness has an overall negative effect on moving forward in life.

Plus, in Genesis, God saw that man was alone and needed a "helper. " Well, that tells me that women are more complete creatures than men are. We can not only take care of ourselves, we can take care of others, including a man!

Men don't like to be reminded of their basic, innate insufficiency, but there it is in Genesis.

1 Probably because of the XX - your DNA has more of a backup then males. The "Y" contains less information. Also, males tend to engage in much more stupid and risky behavior.

You could blame testosterone for that, or evolution.

Probably because of the XX - your DNA has more of a backup then males. The "Y" contains less information. Also, males tend to engage in much more stupid and risky behavior.

You could blame testosterone for that, or evolution.

2 Because WE do all those things men don't do, God is letting us stay around a little longer LOL! .

Because WE do all those things men don't do, God is letting us stay around a little longer LOL!

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