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Which is the weaker sex?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

D. M. Potts
D. M. Potts
Affiliation:
International Planned Parenthood Federation, 18–20 Lower Regent Street, London, S.W.1
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Summary

The male is the weaker sex in nearly all disease categories and age groups. Sexual differences in mortality rates sometimes pose some interesting biological problems and warrant the interest of those concerned with the health of society. Males are undoubtedly the weaker sex. In contemporary, developed countries most mortality is man-made, the male being particularly adept at killing himself. In addition, men, the weaker sex, appear to reap some sort of vengeance on women, as the attitudes of doctors—and these are predominantly male attitudes—do not always lead to the most rational care of women undergoing the uniquely female risk of reproduction.

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Sociological aspects
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 2 , supplement S2: Biosocial Aspects of Sex , 1970 , pp. 147 - 157
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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