r/science • u/CookMotor • Nov 02 '24

Neuroscience In a First, Scientists Found Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation

https://www.sciencealert.com/in-a-first-scientists-found-structural-brain-wide-changes-during-menstruation
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u/Red-Droid-Blue-Droid Nov 02 '24

Feel's like there's no benefit to being a woman, sometimes. Our reproductive system tears us up physically and goes for the brain? Nah.

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u/NotCis_TM Nov 02 '24

women usually live longer. that sounds like a clear and objective advantage to me

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u/kamikaze_pedestrian Nov 03 '24

Because we're less likely to partake in the same risky behaviors men tend to run head first into

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u/NotCis_TM Nov 03 '24

iirc, when we look at men and women in monasteries we see that women tend to live one year more than men

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u/SeasonPositive6771 Nov 03 '24

I would love to see research on that, because there also tend to be some behavioral differences between monks and nuns. And most have lived in the world before they take orders.