Videos providing reasons why women have longer lifespans then men.

Kaleva

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Tue Jul-19-11 09:52 PM
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Videos providing reasons why women have longer lifespans then men.

Edited on Tue Jul-19-11 09:54 PM by Kaleva

http://www.jokeroo.com/videos/funny/ski-jump-gone-wrong.html

http://www.jokeroo.com/videos/funny/trampoline-jump-gone-wrong.html

http://www.jokeroo.com/videos/funny/parkour-roof-jump-gone-wrong.html

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applegrove

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:03 PM
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1. Marvin's Room. About a woman taking care of an sick parent. At one point in the film

she points out that she has had a full life despite never having had a family of her own because she's experience so many kinds of love.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116999/

I think that is so true. Traditionally, with or without a family of their own, women go through so many more life phases, changes and experiences than men (not so true in the last few years). Men face a big change when they retire and have a hard time of it because they have not been through as much as their wives. I think they have more stressful lives with all that testosterone too.

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Kaleva

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:29 PM
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2. Years ago, I read one article saying it's in our genes.

Men, as they get older, become more of a liability in combat then an asset while older women are still useful in food gathering, helping to raise children and teaching young women mothering skills.

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applegrove

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:37 PM
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3. That makes sense too. Except that men can still father children well into old age.

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Kaleva

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:41 PM
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4. Yes but their ability to protect the family decreases with age too.

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applegrove

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:46 PM
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6. What you said really does make sense.

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Lionel Mandrake

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:45 PM
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5. The X and Y chromosomes are part of the problem.

Men are afflicted more often than women by diseases arising from recessive genes on the X chromosome. That's because women have two X chromosomes, and it's unlikely that both copies of a gene will be faulty.

Men have only one X chromosome; if it carries a faulty gene, the man will have the disease.

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RedCloud

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Wed Jul-20-11 09:19 AM
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7. Father Time vs. Mother Nature. Who will win?

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