Show Stronger Sex Needs Help Doctor Says If the so called so-called stronger sex shared the responsibility of running the world with the allegedly weaker sex the stronger might survive somewhat somewhat some some- what longer SO SAYS Dr Estelle Ramey Ramey Ramey Ram- Ram ey nationally a known endocrinologist endocrinologist endocrinologist en- en who believes that men have designed a society that's calculated to tomake tomake tomake make it difficult for them to live to a ripe old age age- And she adds they insist in insist insist in- in on running it without any help from their natural women partners Tr Dr Ramsey y is a professor in the Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Physiology and Biophysics Biophysics Biophysics Bio Bio- physics at the Georgetown tim Medical School here MEN hiEN IN our culture Dr Ramey points out are subject subject subject sub sub- to greater stresses and their life expectancy is invariable in invariable invariable in- in variable shorter than wom wom- wom ens Men are also expected to be strong she says and never to tp show the slightest sign of weakness Since they're not permitted permitted permitted permit ted to cry their emotions will find an outlet one way or another she notes If they cant can't shed watery tears then they'll cry internally with blood As a result she observes observes observes ob ob- serves men develop peptic ulcers and ulcerative colitis to a greater extent than women wom wom- en IN DR Ramey's view men constantly fend off any woman who wants to share responsibility reason n- n with them They do this by telling her she's a Ua sweet delightful little thing who's just too frail to standup stand standup standup up to stress Theres There's no question says the endocrinologist that men generally can bring more muscle force to bear on their problems but she adds if youre you're talking about the ability to lifes life's stresses stress stress- es then women are a really remarkable sex FROM FRODi THE moment of conception conception con con- the female in every age age group is stronger and out survives out survives the male Dr Ramey also points out that women seem to have haye better natural defenses agin t the number one killer heart disease She cites statistical evidence indicating that women women women wom wom- en under 40 have about one one- twelfth the incidence of cardiovascular cardiovascular cardiovascular cardio cardio- vascular illness than men do ONCE PAST the menopause however s she e notes the in incidence incidence incidence in- in between the two becomes becomes be be- comes similar This she suggests might be related to a possible protection that pre menopausal women receive from their normal female hormone estrogen Post Post women no longer secrete this hormone to the same extent ESTELLE Ramey concludes that something needs to be bedone bedone bedone done psychologically as well as physiologically to help protect protect protect pro pro- this fragile sex which is male And she declares that when women insist on taking over some same of the responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities re re- of running the society they are essentially forcing men t to live better lives |