Don't let the title fool ya. This is not going to be a blog about why women are superior to men. (I'll save that for another time ;-).
No, this blog is about the interesting differences in the male and female bodies -- apart from the placement of the fig leaves.
So here (no particular order) are some lesser known variations between Mars and Venus.
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Women's legs represent 51.2 percent of their total body height as compared to 56 percent for men. Also our feet are shorter so we complete heel to toe gait in less time then men
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Women walk at a higher cadences than men, but a slower speed with an shorter stride.
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This means that in walking or running women must strike the ground more often (i.e more cumulative ground reaction force) to cover the same distance
This may be whey women are more likely to experience "microtrauma" and overuse injuries.
Our ACLs (anterior cruciate ligaments in the front of the knee) are smaller and so is the bony "track" that it passes through (the femoral notch)
Our pelvises are wider (I think we all know this) but, that means our knees come in closer to each other to help us maintain our center of gravity. The combination of this...with a smaller ACL, a more narrow femoral notch and hormones may be why women are as much as 10x more likely to tear an ACL than men.
Our ankles and calves are proportionately larger than men's
Our big toes are smaller
Our feet are proportionately narrower than men's, the heel is narrower and the arch is higher
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We have smaller Achilles tendons
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Women's body's are about 24% muscles mass, while men's are about 40%
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