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To: PatrickHenry
The established explanation for this inequality is that males undertake more risky behavior than females do and, as a result, perish prematurely.

There is no such established explanation. That would certainly be low on the list.

The best explanation for why women outlive men is because they are smaller. Within a species, small mammals outlive big ones; the big animals age faster. There have been studies (albeit weak, more like calculations) that have shown that once corrected for weight, men and women have similar lifespans.

12 posted on 09/25/2002 1:37:21 PM PDT by monkey
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To: monkey
What about Janet Reno? How do you classify her...man, woman...or yeti?
14 posted on 09/25/2002 1:41:51 PM PDT by Feiny
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To: monkey
Do small men and women outlive big ones?
37 posted on 09/25/2002 2:54:36 PM PDT by aristeides
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