Women live longer than men. We’ve heard this time and again. It’s unfair to men, and certainly reveals inequality between the sexes.
However, the times, they are a’changin:
A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can’t explain.
The latest research found that women age 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than previous years in nearly half of the nation’s counties—many of them rural and in the South and West. Curiously, for men, life expectancy has held steady or improved in nearly all counties.
Why is no one celebrating that life expectancy for men has held steady or improved?
[t]he average life span for a baby girl born today is 81, and for a baby boy, it’s 76. But the gap has been narrowing and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown women’s longevity is not growing at the same pace as men’s.
Finally, equality can be achieved, and people are pooh-poohing it.
Equality is only great if it’s unattainable, apparently.
