Talk:Sex differences in human physiology
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This is one of the most distinctive and obvious differences between male and female anatomy, and it is barely mentioned?Honestly, how can this be? It is a vital part on sexual dimorphism in our species and as a fellow user previously mentioned, humans are the only mammals with permanent breasts. Such a huge discussion around the reasons and consequences of this fact, goes by unnoticed?Impacts in societal relations (the possibility of cross-breastfeeding infants, for example, making it easier to feed them in case the mother is absent, and providing for a wider immunologic training), impacts in sexual division of labor (large breasts make some tasks and activities wildly more difficult), visual impacts in sexual recognition (you can tell a woman from very far away if the breasts are distinguishable, this is evolutionarily very relevant), impacts on health (breast cancer is predominantely female for example), the cultural impact of the large breasts imagery (think of the absurdity of Hooters: a business model based on large breasts), and so on and so on. Hell, it could be an article on its own, and it is absurd and shameful to brush off this subject as unimportant in this article.
When supinated the lower arms of Females have a greater deviation from the upper arm than do males. Presumably to avoid collision with wider hips when walking. Note sample photo.122.107.197.131 (talk)23:20, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted the recent changes to the lung and heart info since the information was unclear and contradictory. Every time a difference statistic is presented, it needs to be clear whether the difference is a controlled difference or an uncontrolled difference. Also using "at least" rather than "on average" is factually incorrect. Also use of "even if" and "even when" needlessly introduces ambiguity to the sentences. Just state the statistics plainly and clearly. Finally, two of the sentences about heart differences contradicted each other. One stated that the average difference was 25% "even if males and females are of the same height and size", and the other stated that the average difference was 31%. Finally, it is extremely dubious that the difference would be the same regardless of height and size being controlled. There should be two different figures, one controlled, the other not controlled.Nosferattus (talk)16:09, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Dr.Lewinsky 2: Once again I have reverted changes where controlled and uncontrolled differences are being conflated, this time in relation to muscle strength. If you are citing specific numerical differences, you need to specify whether those differences are controlled or absolute and if they are controlled, what specific variables are being controlled. Using phrasing like "even when controlled" in relation to specific figures is confusing and misleading. You can say that something is greater in men or women "even when controlled", but if you are citing a specific figure, you have to state what that figure is in relation too. It looks like there are a lot of examples of this problem in the article. Does what I'm saying make sense?Nosferattus (talk)20:24, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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