[marktwain]

Women have always lived longer than men, at all times in all societies. That’s basic biology, it’s even the reason why the birth ratio is lower for female than male babies (evolutionnary compensation for higher male mortality).

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For most of humankind’s existence, lots of women died in childbirth.

[Sirius Lee]

For most of humankind’s existence, lots of women died in childbirth.

Yeah, but you'd just get yourself another woman and resume where the last one left off.

[T.B. Yoits]

For most of humankind’s existence, lots of women died in childbirth.

Women were responsible for childbirth for thousands of years and the infant and mother mortality rate was more than 40% for first-time mothers. When men got involved, the mortality rate dropped to a fraction of a percent in just a century. Woman had all of history and couldn't figure it out. Men figured it out for them.