Science: Women Are Stronger Sex

Any holdouts still clinging to the idea that women are the weaker sex should read a study by Ghent University in Belgium. It outlines why women are better at fighting off infection and disease — more specifically, because of our extra X chromosome. “Statistics show that in humans, as with other mammals, females live longer than males and are more able to fight off shock episodes from sepsis, infection or trauma,” said researcher Claude Libert of Ghent University. “We believe this is due to the X chromosome which in humans contains 10 per cent of all microRNAs detected so far in the genome .” Those microRNA act to silence immunity genes — but women can combat that effect with the extra  X chromosome/ Seattle’s Big Blog . More here. (AP photo: A Syrian woman wears a niqab during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy condemning the killing and torturing women in Syria by Bashar al-Assad’s regime, in Amman, Jordan, earlier today.)

Question: What anecdotal proof would you offer to back claim that women are the stronger sex?