They found out that women live for a longer period of time than men but women suffer from discapacity more than men. This occurs on all mammals.
In Madrid lives Purificación Martínez, the oldest women in Spain. There are many like her that arrive to that age but with a poor physical form whereas a little amount of men arrive to that age but with a better physical form.
A doctor said that it wasn't who lived more but who lived the best.
Sociologists used to say that it was due to the little stress women suffered as working at home. Nowadays they say it is caused by the "protective effect of estrogen". They also say that a 30% of the people that live more is because of their parents. If their parents live more it is more probable for them to live more.
I wonder whether they consider the greater possibility of disability as the result of the double- or triple-shift too!
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