Gender Facts

Studies show that men tend to have slightly better visual acuity than women, while women generally have more sensitive hearing, particularly at higher frequencies.

Although men ARE more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die within a year from having a heart attack.

Girls have a better sense of taste than boys, requiring less intensity to detect sweet and sour flavors.

On average, men's noses are 10% larger than women's.

In California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's against the law to hold a "Ladies' Night" because it's deemed gender discrimination.

In Russia, women outnumber men by about 10.4 million people.

Latvia has the largest gender imbalance in Europe. Women outnumber men by over 130,000 — in a country of just 1.86 million people.