To help celebrate Women’s History Month, we wanted to share a few facts about women that you may not know. These 12 things may surprise you! Think about all the women in your life and see how relevant these facts really are!
A Woman Has The Highest IQ
The highest IQ ever to be recorded was an astonishing 228 and belonged to Marilyn vos Savant. According to Mental Floss, she showed adult level intelligence starting at the young age of 10. An IQ over 160 makes you a genius and this woman was seriously above that! Women are extremely intelligent, clearly.
More Degrees
According to LinkedIn, women earn more than 60% of all the college degrees in the United States. That makes women the more educated gender by far!
More Mature Brain
LinkedIn also says that girls' brains mature two years sooner than boys' brains. That may be why young ladies are typically more sensible and responsible while boys tend to run wild! That early maturity has a lot to do with how girls develop into women.
Women Live Longer
On average, women live about 2-5 years longer than men. According to Guinness World Records, Jeanne Louise Calment was the oldest woman ever recorded living at 122 years and 164 days old. Most women in your life will live longer than any of their male counterparts.
Color Vision
You may be shocked to learn that women see more color than men. In fact, women see 20% more color. Color is linked to the X chromosome which is why women are more sensitive to subtle variations in hue, especially in the yellow and green color range.
More Rational
Women have a thicker cerebral cortex than men which actually makes them more rational thinkers. Maybe more women should be elected to political office and put in charge of world foreign affairs since they are so logical and clear thinkers!
Poverty Rates
It is a sad fact that more women tend to fall under the poverty line. According to LinkedIn, Women account for 70% of the population living in poverty. This means 70% of women are living on less than $1 a day.
Women Stay Home
In the US alone, there are about 5 million women who stay at home. This is far fewer than the 209,000 men who stay at home. When they say that women truly run the household, this is proof that it is true!
All That Hair
Women love to switch up their hairstyles and get a new look. In fact, according to Candere, the average UK woman will have 150 different hairstyles in her lifetime. That is a whole lot of changes!
So Much Chatter
Women have a lot to talk about. LinkedIn says that women speak about 20,000 words per day! How many words do men speak? Only around 7,000. Women just have so many important things to say!
Shhh Don’t Tell!
I mentioned that women like to talk, talk, talk so what does this say about their ability to keep secrets? According to Unbelievable Facts, women keep secrets only for an average of about 47 hours and 15 minutes. After that, the cat is out of the bag!
Equator Effect
Studies have shown that the closer a mother lives to the equator, the more likely she is to have a baby girl rather than a baby boy. You can read even more about this crazy phenomenon at the Independent. I guess if you want to have a baby girl, you need to move to the tropics!
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This article was inspired by LinkedIn and was first published at Spatula Desserts.
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