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What does it mean?
Women outlive men statistically, giving them an edge in the long run.
In plain terms
Women live longer than men so they win eventually.
What can you take from it?
Longevity favors women over time.

Where it applies

  • health discussions
  • gender comparisons
  • aging talks

Putting it to work

  • consider lifespan differences
  • plan for aging alone

Questions to consider

  • How does life expectancy affect your planning?
  • Does biology define human worth?

Another view

This generalization ignores individual variations in health and life span.

More from James Thurber

  1. Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.

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  2. Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

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  3. Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

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