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FEMALES: Identify one physiologic variable that differs when a woman exercises compared to a man of the same age. Provide data and a reference to show by how much the variable differs and explain, using your own words, the implications of the difference.

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Ans) MEN HAVE MASSIVE UPPER BODY STRENGTH ADVANTAGE, but women do (somewhat) better with our lower-body muscles. Females generally have 40% less skeletal muscle than males on the top half; 33% less below the waist.

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By contrast, gender is a classification based on the social construction (and maintenance) of cultural distinctions between males and females. Gender refers to “a social construct regarding culture-bound conventions, roles, and behaviors for, as well as relations between and among, women and men, boys and girls”.

- Differences in the health of males and females often reflect the simultaneous influence of both sex and gender. Not only can gender relations influence the expression of biological traits, but also sex-associated biological characteristics can contribute to amplify gender differentials in health. The relative contributions of gender relations and sex-linked biology to health differences between males and females depend on the specific health outcome under consideration.