50 unknown facts about the male body

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The male body is very different from the female. This also applies to the structure of the brain, and the hormonal system, and vision, and smell, and blood composition.

1. Men see colors differently than women. Because of the two X chromosomes, the gamut of colors that women see is wider. Therefore, women in conversation operate with shades of colors, men talk about fundamental ones.

2. Men have better tunnel vision. In women, peripheral.

3. In the male blood there are more red blood cells and hemoglobin.

4. Men lose collagen more slowly, so their skin ages more slowly. However, regular shaving and neglect of self-care negate this natural male advantage.

5. According to recent studies, due to the high level of testosterone, the male body produces fewer antibodies, which is why male immunity is weaker than female.

6. The volume of blood in men is greater than that of women. 5-6 versus 4-4, 5.

7. The male body has an average of 12% fat by body weight. In women - 26%.

8. A jump in the level of prolactin in the male body can occur from constant stimulation of the nipple, due to hormonal disruption, or due to starvation. There are many examples of male breastfeeding in history.

9. The skin of a man is on average 0.2 mm thicker than that of a woman and is almost 10 times less sensitive.

10. In the male brain, the corpus callosum is less developed. It is thinner and has 30% fewer nerve connections, so men are less capable of multitasking.

11. An overabundance of dihydrotestosterone in the male body weakens the hair follicles, which either die or shrink to the size observed in newborn babies.

12. The higher the testosterone level, the more aggressive a man can be. There is also an inverse relationship. Scientists from Nipissing University, Canada found that aggressive actions increase the level of testosterone in the blood.

13. On average, a man's brain is 8-13% larger and 150 grams heavier than a woman's. In men, the hippocampus is larger, the part of the brain responsible for memory and attention.

14. In men, the electrical activity of the brain during sleep will drop by 70%, and in women - only by 10%.

15. Men burn fat more efficiently than women.

16. Men have lower oxytocin levels than women and have less developed areas of the brain responsible for long-term attachment, so women usually want to marry more.

17. The diameter of a man's hair is usually twice that of a woman's.

18. A man's heart beats more slowly than a woman's.

19. Men have fewer taste buds on their tongues than women.

20. Men have fewer pain receptors, but because of the increased level of estrogen, women tolerate pain as well as men.

21. Last year at Harvard it was shown that excess testosterone in the blood of men increases the level of bad LDL cholesterol. It promotes the formation of cholesterol plaques that constrict the arteries.

22. Male ligaments and muscles have less collagen and elastin, so men are less flexible.

23. Men, worse than women, distinguish shades of sweet taste.

24. Male ears are less susceptible to high frequency sounds.

25. Men have only one brain center for speech, so they, according to statistics, pronounce twice as few words per day as women.

26. Men have less developed sense of smell.

27. Boys develop more slowly in the womb. Because of this, they are 14% more likely to be born prematurely.

28. The male hormone testosterone directly affects life expectancy. Chinese eunuchs, on average, lived to be 71, that is, outlived their "testosterone" compatriots by 17 years.

29. For men, on average, four minutes are enough to reach orgasm. For women, 2-4 times more. Male orgasm lasts only 6 seconds, female 23-24 seconds.

30. Men are on average 15 cm taller than women. Scientists attribute this to the activity of the ITM2A gene on the X chromosome. As you know, women have two of these chromosomes.

31. Men cry on average 6 to 17 times a year. Women - from 30 to 64.

32. Men, worse than women, intuitively feel danger, which is associated with low levels of progesterone, cortisol and estradiol.

33. According to the American Heart Disease Research Association, men are 1.5 times more likely than women to die from cardiovascular disease.

34. Over the past hundred years, men have grown significantly. The average growth rate in Europe is 11 cm, in Spain -12 cm. Today, the tallest men are the Dutch. Their average height is 1.85 m.

35. Male noses are usually more massive than female ones. This is due to the high consumption of oxygen.

36. Men and women react differently to problem situations: men use the amygdala of the right hemisphere and perceive the essence of the problem. Women engage the amygdala of the left hemisphere and memorize the details of the emotions.

37. Genetically, men are simpler than women, since active X-chromosomes of cells are a set of maternal and paternal cells. Men receive the X chromosomes from their mother. The Y chromosome contains less than 100 genes, while the X chromosome carries about 1500 genes.

38. Men and women have different so-called cognitive maps. Men perceive the whole space as a "map-scheme", while women see the world as a "scheme-path" and are strongly attached to landmarks.

39. In men with a low testosterone level in the blood, such qualities as stinginess and a tendency to hoard may increase. Therefore, eunuchs are ideal bankers.

40. Compared to women, men have more androstenone hormone. In some mammals, it acts as a pheromone. He plays a similar role in human society.

41. Contrary to popular belief, shaving does not make the stubble in men thicker. The bristles visually seem more rigid and thicker due to the fact that they have not yet had time to be exposed to the influence of the external environment.

42. Men are three times less likely than women to have migraines. This is due to the fact that it is more difficult to induce wave activity in the male brain.

43. Men are twice as likely to suffer from depression as women, but they have twice the risk of developing schizophrenia. And it proceeds more heavily than women.

44. Men have a higher risk of becoming alcohol and drug addicts. Women are more likely to suffer from anorexia than men.

45. Men react to stress differently than women. For men, detachment is characteristic, for women, a mechanism is turned on, which scientists call "protection and support." That is, the protection of children and the search for support from the social group.

46. The brain of a man is not involved in the process of ejaculation. The spinal cord is responsible for it.

47. Men are better oriented in space. Parallel parking succeeds the first time with 82% of them. For women, this figure is different - 22%.

48. When a man is called out, they usually turn their whole body. This is due, firstly, to low neck mobility, and secondly, to the “hit-and-run” defense reflex.

49. Baldness is an X-linked recessive trait that a man inherits from his mother.

50. Because of the presence of only one X chromosome, men are more prone to complications and chronic diseases than women.