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16 Interesting And Unusual Things Most Women Don’t Know About Their Bodies

By Andrew Alpin, 3 January 2018

10Women Are Genetically More Flexible Than Men

Women are more physically flexible than men mainly in the hip region because they have a shallower pelvis than men. This allows for a greater range of hip motion in women. Flexibility increases during pregnancy and childbirth because of the hormones like estrogen, progesterone and relaxin produced for loosening the connective tissue in muscles.

Women Are Genetically More Flexible Than Men

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11Women Get Drunk Faster

According to science women’s bodies produce lesser levels of the enzyme dehydrogenase in their stomachs which breaks down alcohol before it enters the blood stream. This is why alcohol affects women faster than men. As a result women suffer more severe hangovers the next morning too.

Women Get Drunk Faster

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12Women can detect higher frequency sounds than men

Among unusual facts women don’t know, there is a beautiful reason for this. It is because of evolution that makes a women more alert to the sounds of a crying baby. This is why women are also more sensitive to high pitched sounds while they sleep. Several studies have proved this to be true.

Women can detect higher frequency sounds than men