• LemmyAtem@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I realize this is a meme, but isn’t it mostly linked to how many men died in wars last century, which disproportionately skews the numbers?

    • The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOP
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      1 year ago

      It’s a lot of things in reality. Past numbers are skewed by war, but also men are bigger risk takers, less likely to seek medical care, less likely to seek mental healthcare, more likely to isolate, more likely to drink and use drugs (and when they do, a higher average amount), more likely to commit suicide, and the list goes on.

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      1 year ago

      I want to throw in the following explanations I read (I haven’t fact checked them but find them interesting for this post). Women are statistically smaller than men and smaller individuals of a species live longer than larger ones. Men on average have faster metabolisms than women which is said to contribute to faster aging as well.

      • rotopenguin@infosec.pub
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        1 year ago

        The obvious explanation for the life expectancy differential is that girls are more likely to catch a toilet-seat borne disease.