The Better Half
On the Genetic Superiority of Women
Dr. Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD
- A
- Guardian
- Book
- of
- the
- Week
**Longlisted
- for
- the
- PEN
- /
- E.
- O.
- Wilson
- Literary
- Science
- Writing
- AwardAn
- award-winning
- physician
- and
- scientist
- makes
- the
- game-changing
- case
- that
- genetic
- females
- are
- stronger
- than
- males
- at
- every
- stage
- of
- life**Here
- are
- some
- facts:
- Women
- live
- longer
- than
- men.
- They
- have
- stronger
- immune
- systems.
- They're
- better
- at
- fighting
- cancer
- and
- surviving
- famine,
- and
- even
- see
- the
- world
- in
- a
- wider
- variety
- of
- colors.
- They
- are
- simply
- stronger
- than
- men
- at
- every
- stage
- of
- life.
- Why
- is
- this?
- And
- why
- are
- we
- taught
- the
- opposite?To
- find
- out,
- Dr.
- Sharon
- Moalem
- drew
- on
- his
- own
- medical
- experiences
- -
- treating
- premature
- babies
- in
- the
- neonatal
- intensive
- care
- unit;
- recruiting
- the
- elderly
- for
- neurogenetic
- studies;
- tending
- to
- HIV-positive
- orphans
- in
- Thailand
- -
- and
- tried
- to
- understand
- why
- in
- every
- instance
- men
- were
- consistently
- less
- likely
- to
- thrive.
- The
- answer,
- he
- discovered,
- lies
- in
- our
- genetics:
- two
- X
- chromosomes
- offer
- a
- powerful
- survival
- advantage.With
- clear,
- captivating
- prose
- that
- weaves
- together
- eye-opening
- research,
- case
- studies,
- diverse
- examples
- ranging
- from
- the
- behavior
- of
- honeybees
- to
- American
- pioneers,
- as
- well
- as
- experiences
- from
- his
- personal
- life
- and
- his
- own
- patients,
- Moalem
- explains
- why
- genetic
- females
- triumph
- over
- males
- when
- it
- comes
- to
- resiliency,
- intellect,
- stamina,
- immunity
- and
- much
- more.
- He
- also
- calls
- for
- a
- reconsideration
- of
- our
- male-centric,
- one-size-fits-all
- view
- of
- medical
- studies
- and
- even
- how
- we
- prescribe
- medications
- -
- a
- view
- that
- still
- sees
- women
- through
- the
- lens
- of
- men.Revolutionary
- and
- yet
- utterly
- convincing,
- The
- Better
- Half
- will
- make
- you
- see
- humanity
- and
- the
- survival
- of
- our
- species anew.
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